Climate averages 1991–2020
Thoothukudi weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Thoothukudi: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Tirunelveli (50 km away). In March its highs average 35.1°C, 3.9°C warmer than Thoothukudi, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thoothukudi ranks joint 499th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 637th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Thoothukudi is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 50 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
Thoothukudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 38 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 30 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 50 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 30 | 2.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 33.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 9.0 | 1.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 156 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 266 | 20.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 14.1 | 11.612 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
- Tirunelveli in MarchIndia · 50 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MarchIndia · 54 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in MarchIndia · 83 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Sivakasi in MarchIndia · 84 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MarchIndia · 92 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Virudunagar in MarchIndia · 93 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MarchIndia · 93 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in MarchIndia · 99 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 39 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 Thoothukudi) is explained once on the Thoothukudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.