Climate averages 1991–2020

Sivakasi 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.

Average high 36.1°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 32 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sivakasi · average highYear overview

March is a very hot month in Sivakasi: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudunagar (23 km away). In March its highs average 36.6°C, about as warm as Sivakasi, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sivakasi ranks joint 29th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 602nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Sivakasi is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 54 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. 152025303540 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Sivakasi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sivakasi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.4°C19.9°C19.9°C204.211.612 h
February 33.4°C21.0°C21.0°C214.011.812 h
March, selected 36.1°C22.8°C22.8°C325.612.112 h
April 36.6°C25.1°C25.1°C5410.012.312 h
May 36.9°C25.8°C25.8°C6011.412.613 h
June 35.2°C25.2°C25.2°C377.612.713 h
July 34.7°C24.7°C24.7°C378.012.613 h
August 34.8°C24.4°C24.4°C489.912.412 h
September 34.9°C24.3°C24.3°C6911.712.212 h
October 32.1°C23.4°C23.4°C18619.011.912 h
November 29.1°C22.0°C22.0°C19118.711.712 h
December 28.6°C20.6°C20.6°C10710.311.612 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 Sivakasi

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 Sivakasi) is explained once on the Sivakasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.