Climate averages 1991–2020
Varanasi weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Varanasi: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (12 km away). In March its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Varanasi, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Varanasi ranks joint 388th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 281st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Varanasi is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 38.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 5.9 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
Varanasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 32.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.9 | 2.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 9.1 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.2°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 132 | 12.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 294 | 24.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 247 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 162 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 37 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 6.0 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 6.5 | 0.9 | 10.611 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
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar in MarchIndia · 12 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Bhadohi in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Mirzāpur in MarchIndia · 49 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Gyānpur in MarchIndia · 55 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Jaunpur in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ghazīpur in MarchIndia · 65 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Azamgarh in MarchIndia · 85 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Mau in MarchIndia · 89 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 17.9°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 Varanasi) is explained once on the Varanasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.