Climate averages 1991–2020
Patna weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Patna: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dinapore (10 km away). In March its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Patna, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Patna ranks joint 414th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 260th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Patna is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Patna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 33 | 5.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.9°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 175 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 311 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 268 | 26.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 195 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 5.9 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 7.4 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Dinapore in MarchIndia · 10 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Hājīpur in MarchIndia · 13 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Chāpra in MarchIndia · 44 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Jahānābād in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Arrah in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Bihār Sharīf in MarchIndia · 59 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Muzaffarpur in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Bāruni in MarchIndia · 85 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 16 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Patna) is explained once on the Patna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.