Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruvottiyūr weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Tiruvottiyūr: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Chennai (8 km away). In March its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Tiruvottiyūr, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruvottiyūr ranks joint 363rd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 115th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Tiruvottiyūr is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.8 mm to 11 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
Tiruvottiyūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 34 | 3.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.4°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.1°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 74 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.2°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 93 | 14.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 94 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 233 | 16.5 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 116 | 8.7 | 11.411 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
- Chennai in MarchIndia · 8 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Avadi in MarchIndia · 21 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Neelankarai in MarchIndia · 24 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in MarchIndia · 27 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Tambaram in MarchIndia · 32 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in MarchIndia · 50 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Arakkonam in MarchIndia · 69 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 12 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 Tiruvottiyūr) is explained once on the Tiruvottiyūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.