Climate averages 1991–2020

Silchar weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 171 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Silchar · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Silchar: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Sylhet (94 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Silchar, with 186 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Silchar ranks joint 608th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 687th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Silchar is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 252 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Silchar climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Silchar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.8°C11.8°C11.8°C122.010.811 h
February 26.1°C13.9°C13.9°C515.211.311 h
March, selected 29.1°C17.6°C17.6°C17110.512.012 h
April 30.1°C21.1°C21.1°C25217.912.713 h
May 30.3°C23.3°C23.3°C41725.613.313 h
June 30.3°C24.8°C24.8°C51029.013.714 h
July 30.1°C25.0°C25.0°C49230.313.514 h
August 30.3°C25.0°C25.0°C39029.913.013 h
September 30.1°C24.4°C24.4°C29326.412.312 h
October 29.5°C21.9°C21.9°C16816.311.612 h
November 27.4°C17.2°C17.2°C303.711.011 h
December 24.8°C13.4°C13.4°C141.310.611 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

Distance from Silchar

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Silchar) is explained once on the Silchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.