Climate averages 1991–2020
Thanjavur weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Thanjavur: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Kumbakonam (34 km away). In March its highs average 34.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Thanjavur, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thanjavur ranks joint 117th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 450th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Thanjavur is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 37 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
Thanjavur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.6°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 57 | 11.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 57 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 84 | 14.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 174 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 199 | 18.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 109 | 10.5 | 11.512 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
- Kumbakonam in MarchIndia · 34 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in MarchIndia · 57 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MarchIndia · 67 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in MarchIndia · 84 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 15 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 Thanjavur) is explained once on the Thanjavur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.