Climate averages 1991–2020
Saharsa weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Saharsa: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Benipur (49 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Saharsa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Saharsa ranks joint 438th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 397th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Saharsa is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 25 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
Saharsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 15 | 2.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 16 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 82 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 228 | 19.9 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 334 | 28.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 287 | 27.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 244 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 76 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 5.0 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 6.8 | 0.7 | 10.611 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
- Benipur in MarchIndia · 49 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Munger in MarchIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Jamālpur, India in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Begusarai in MarchIndia · 69 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Madhubani in MarchIndia · 75 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Darbhanga in MarchIndia · 76 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Bāruni in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in MarchIndia · 80 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 21 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 Saharsa) is explained once on the Saharsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.