Climate averages 1991–2020

Tellicherry weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 22 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tellicherry · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Tellicherry: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Badagara (19 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tellicherry, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tellicherry ranks joint 465th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Tellicherry is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 101 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. 1520253035 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 7000

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

Every month, side by side

Tellicherry climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tellicherry, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.2°C21.5°C21.5°C5.21.211.512 h
February 31.0°C22.4°C22.4°C5.11.311.712 h
March, selected 31.7°C24.1°C24.1°C224.612.112 h
April 31.3°C25.2°C25.2°C10116.412.412 h
May 30.1°C25.2°C25.2°C24621.312.713 h
June 27.2°C24.1°C24.1°C69129.212.813 h
July 26.5°C23.4°C23.4°C63930.312.713 h
August 26.7°C23.3°C23.3°C42327.812.513 h
September 27.6°C23.3°C23.3°C25521.712.212 h
October 28.1°C23.4°C23.4°C26624.111.912 h
November 28.9°C23.0°C23.0°C11615.711.612 h
December 29.4°C21.8°C21.8°C345.511.411 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 Tellicherry

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