Climate averages 1991–2020
Pattukkottai weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Pattukkottai: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thanjavur (45 km away). In March its highs average 35.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Pattukkottai, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pattukkottai ranks joint 254th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 483rd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Pattukkottai is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 41 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
Pattukkottai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 25 | 4.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 41 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.2°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 62 | 11.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.7°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 64 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.3°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 54 | 11.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.8°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 81 | 14.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 33.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 116 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 186 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 208 | 18.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 118 | 11.8 | 11.512 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
- Thanjavur in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in MarchIndia · 55 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MarchIndia · 60 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in MarchIndia · 69 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MarchIndia · 72 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MarchIndia · 81 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MarchIndia · 84 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 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 Pattukkottai) is explained once on the Pattukkottai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.