Climate averages 1991–2020
Rourkela weather
in March.
A very 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.
March is a very hot month in Rourkela: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Jharsuguda (97 km away). In March its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Rourkela, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rourkela ranks joint 177th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 530th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Rourkela is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 31 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
Rourkela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 21 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 29.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 16 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 31 | 5.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 262 | 19.3 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 352 | 27.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 314 | 27.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 206 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 63 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.6 | 1.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 13 | 1.4 | 10.811 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
- Jharsuguda in MarchIndia · 97 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in MarchIndia · 108 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Sambalpur in MarchIndia · 125 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Ranchi in MarchIndia · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Bhetia in MarchIndia · 146 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Jamshedpur in MarchIndia · 150 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Raigarh in MarchIndia · 156 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Bargarh in MarchIndia · 162 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 12 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 Rourkela) is explained once on the Rourkela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.