Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambalpur weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Sambalpur: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Brajarajnagar (40 km away). In March its highs average 34.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sambalpur, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sambalpur ranks joint 78th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 369th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Sambalpur is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 17 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
Sambalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 35.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 17 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 40.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 27 | 4.4 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 249 | 18.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 418 | 26.9 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 384 | 26.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 237 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 9.4 | 1.2 | 10.911 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
- Brajarajnagar in MarchIndia · 40 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Bargarh in MarchIndia · 40 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in MarchIndia · 43 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Raigarh in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Balāngīr in MarchIndia · 98 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Rourkela in MarchIndia · 125 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Korba in MarchIndia · 164 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MarchIndia · 200 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 16 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 Sambalpur) is explained once on the Sambalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.