Climate averages 1991–2020
Rāiganj 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 Rāiganj: daytime highs average 31.6°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 Dinajpur (51 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Rāiganj, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāiganj ranks joint 480th 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; Rāiganj is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 60 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
Rāiganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 31.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 20 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 32.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 176 | 17.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 338 | 24.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 318 | 28.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 286 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 109 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 5.6 | 0.6 | 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
- Dinajpur in MarchBangladesh · 51 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Katihar in MarchIndia · 56 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Malda in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Purnia in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bālurghāt in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 26 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 Rāiganj) is explained once on the Rāiganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.