Climate averages 1991–2020
Rāyagada weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Rāyagada: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Paralakhemundi (84 km away). In March its highs average 34.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Rāyagada, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāyagada ranks joint 106th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 569th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Rāyagada is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 49 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
Rāyagada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 16 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 15 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 35.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 221 | 21.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 351 | 25.5 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 318 | 25.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 232 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 117 | 12.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 37 | 4.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.011 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
- Paralakhemundi in MarchIndia · 84 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Nowrangapur in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Jeypore in MarchIndia · 95 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Srikakulam in MarchIndia · 110 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Vizianagaram in MarchIndia · 117 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Brahmapur in MarchIndia · 146 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Jagdalpur in MarchIndia · 147 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Rasapūdipalem in MarchIndia · 160 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.9 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 Rāyagada) is explained once on the Rāyagada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.