Climate averages 1991–2020
Punāsa weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Punāsa: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khandwa (46 km away). In March its highs average 35.2°C, about as warm as Punāsa, with 9.4 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Punāsa ranks joint 153rd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 183rd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Punāsa is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 39.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.9 mm to 1.4 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
Punāsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 5.8 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 34.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 7.9 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 1.4 | 0.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 41.0°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 36.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 132 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 391 | 21.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 305 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 149 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 26 | 4.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 11 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.0 | 1.0 | 10.811 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
- Khandwa in MarchIndia · 46 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Harda in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Mhow in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Indore in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Pithampur in MarchIndia · 82 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Dewas in MarchIndia · 88 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Khargone in MarchIndia · 92 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Burhānpur in MarchIndia · 104 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.0 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 Punāsa) is explained once on the Punāsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.