Climate averages 1991–2020
Siliguri weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Siliguri: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalpāiguri (37 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Siliguri, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Siliguri ranks joint 598th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 578th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Siliguri is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 73 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
Siliguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 231 | 23.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 616 | 28.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 850 | 29.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 576 | 28.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 411 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.510 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
- Jalpāiguri in MarchIndia · 37 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MarchIndia · 39 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Gangtok in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MarchIndia · 95 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MarchIndia · 110 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Arāria in MarchIndia · 110 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 22 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 Siliguri) is explained once on the Siliguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.