Climate averages 1991–2020
Purnia weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Purnia: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Katihar (28 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Purnia, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Purnia ranks joint 457th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 465th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Purnia is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 50 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
Purnia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 17 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 20 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 50 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 160 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 315 | 23.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 375 | 29.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 338 | 28.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 295 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 101 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 5.9 | 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
- Katihar in MarchIndia · 28 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Arāria in MarchIndia · 41 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Rāiganj in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MarchNepal · 78 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Saharsa in MarchIndia · 89 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.6°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 Purnia) is explained once on the Purnia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.