Climate averages 1991–2020
Sopur weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sopur: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāramūla (15 km away). In March its highs average 9.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sopur, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sopur ranks 692nd of 692 for the warmest March highs and 688th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Sopur is 23.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 132 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
Sopur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 137 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 180 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 9.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 177 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 132 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 65 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 7.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 166 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 158 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 57 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 77 | 7.1 | 9.910 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
- Bāramūla in MarchIndia · 15 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MarchPakistan · 87 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 202 mm rain
- Anantnag in MarchIndia · 88 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in MarchPakistan · 92 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Abbottabad in MarchPakistan · 117 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Battagram in MarchPakistan · 140 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 225 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in MarchPakistan · 143 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Islamabad in MarchPakistan · 146 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 124 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 Sopur) is explained once on the Sopur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.