Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāhibganj 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 Sāhibganj: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Katihar (33 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Sāhibganj, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sāhibganj ranks joint 487th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Sāhibganj is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 51 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
Sāhibganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.0°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 31.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 22 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 34.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 15.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 32.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 289 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 332 | 28.5 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 287 | 27.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 265 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 101 | 9.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.5 | 0.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 5.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Katihar in MarchIndia · 33 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Malda in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Purnia in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Rāiganj in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in MarchIndia · 67 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Dhuliān in MarchIndia · 70 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Jangipur in MarchIndia · 97 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in MarchBangladesh · 97 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 27 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 Sāhibganj) is explained once on the Sāhibganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.