Climate averages 1991–2020

Rājkot weather
in March.

A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rājkot · average highYear overview

March is a very hot month in Rājkot: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th 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 Gondal (37 km away). In March its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Rājkot, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rājkot ranks joint 217th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Rājkot is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rājkot climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rājkot, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.2°C13.8°C13.8°C0.50.110.911 h
February 29.9°C15.5°C15.5°C0.60.111.411 h
March, selected 34.3°C19.0°C19.0°C0.80.212.012 h
April 37.9°C22.1°C22.1°C0.70.312.713 h
May 39.4°C24.8°C24.8°C2.20.413.213 h
June 36.3°C26.6°C26.6°C1017.513.513 h
July 31.4°C25.7°C25.7°C21315.413.413 h
August 30.1°C24.8°C24.8°C17514.512.913 h
September 31.4°C23.7°C23.7°C1238.012.312 h
October 33.8°C22.3°C22.3°C172.711.712 h
November 31.8°C19.3°C19.3°C3.80.611.111 h
December 28.5°C15.4°C15.4°C0.40.110.811 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

Distance from Rājkot

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rājkot) is explained once on the Rājkot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.