Climate averages 1991–2020
Ratlām weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ratlām: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Jaora (35 km away). In March its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Ratlām, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ratlām ranks joint 299th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 71st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Ratlām is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.1 mm to 2.4 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
Ratlām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 3.2 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 33.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 34.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 115 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 321 | 22.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 27.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 300 | 24.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 132 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 20 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 6.0 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 7.2 | 0.7 | 10.711 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
- Jaora in MarchIndia · 35 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Nagda in MarchIndia · 41 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Bānswāra in MarchIndia · 65 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Ujjain in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Mandsaur in MarchIndia · 83 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Dhār in MarchIndia · 86 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Dohad in MarchIndia · 97 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Pithampur in MarchIndia · 105 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.4 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 Ratlām) is explained once on the Ratlām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.