Climate averages 1991–2020
Roorkee weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Roorkee: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (27 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Roorkee, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Roorkee ranks joint 648th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 614th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Roorkee is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 21 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
Roorkee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 39 | 3.9 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 50 | 4.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 27.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 35 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 23 | 5.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 36.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 94 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 277 | 23.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 135 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 16 | 1.6 | 10.310 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
- Haridwar in MarchIndia · 27 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Deoband in MarchIndia · 28 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in MarchIndia · 35 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Najībābād in MarchIndia · 52 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Dehradun in MarchIndia · 53 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Bijnor in MarchIndia · 60 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in MarchIndia · 65 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 56 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 Roorkee) is explained once on the Roorkee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.