Climate averages 1991–2020

Rajpur Sonarpur weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 33 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rajpur Sonarpur · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Rajpur Sonarpur: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Kolkata (16 km away). In March its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Rajpur Sonarpur, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rajpur Sonarpur ranks joint 286th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 608th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Rajpur Sonarpur is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 77 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. 10152025303540 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 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Rajpur Sonarpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rajpur Sonarpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.3°C13.6°C13.6°C131.610.911 h
February 28.8°C17.1°C17.1°C222.711.411 h
March, selected 33.2°C22.0°C22.0°C334.612.012 h
April 35.1°C25.5°C25.5°C779.412.713 h
May 34.8°C27.1°C27.1°C12811.813.213 h
June 32.6°C27.1°C27.1°C27222.313.513 h
July 31.0°C26.2°C26.2°C35229.313.413 h
August 30.8°C25.9°C25.9°C30729.112.913 h
September 30.7°C25.4°C25.4°C24425.312.312 h
October 30.2°C23.3°C23.3°C13312.811.612 h
November 28.5°C18.9°C18.9°C312.111.111 h
December 25.9°C14.8°C14.8°C9.81.010.811 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 Rajpur Sonarpur

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 Rajpur Sonarpur) is explained once on the Rajpur Sonarpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.