Climate averages 1991–2020
Ratnagiri weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Ratnagiri: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahuwadi (68 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Ratnagiri, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ratnagiri ranks joint 217th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 69th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Ratnagiri is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 mm to 1.6 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
Ratnagiri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 34.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 33 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 649 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 27.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 838 | 31.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 27.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 606 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 327 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 123 | 13.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 32.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 11.111 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
- Shahuwadi in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Kolhāpur in MarchIndia · 103 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Satara in MarchIndia · 106 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Ichalkaranji in MarchIndia · 127 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Sāngli in MarchIndia · 134 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Roha in MarchIndia · 162 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kharakvasla in MarchIndia · 168 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Pune in MarchIndia · 179 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 4.3 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 Ratnagiri) is explained once on the Ratnagiri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.