Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In March its highs average 36.1°C, about as warm as Salem, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 38th 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; Salem is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 56 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
Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 101 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 176 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 122 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 6.2 | 11.511 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
- Tiruchengode in MarchIndia · 42 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in MarchIndia · 54 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Erode in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Karur in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in MarchIndia · 88 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in MarchIndia · 96 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MarchIndia · 106 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MarchIndia · 108 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 23 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 Salem) is explained once on the Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.