Climate averages 1991–2020
Pollachi weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Pollachi: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Valparai (37 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 6.0°C cooler than Pollachi, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pollachi ranks joint 141st 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; Pollachi is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 46 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
Pollachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 46 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 67 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 126 | 19.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 130 | 19.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 100 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 175 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 156 | 16.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 53 | 7.5 | 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
- Valparai in MarchIndia · 37 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MarchIndia · 39 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Palakkad in MarchIndia · 41 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MarchIndia · 43 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Dharapuram in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Palani in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 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 Pollachi) is explained once on the Pollachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.