Climate averages 1991–2020
Vellore weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Vellore: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very 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 Rānipet (22 km away). In March its highs average 35.0°C, about as warm as Vellore, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Vellore ranks joint 141st of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 260th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Vellore is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 21 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
Vellore climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.9 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 34.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 59 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 90 | 14.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 94 | 14.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 107 | 15.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 135 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 170 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 138 | 14.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 72 | 7.0 | 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
- Rānipet in MarchIndia · 22 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Gudiyatham in MarchIndia · 28 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Chittoor in MarchIndia · 33 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ambur in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Arakkonam in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Vaniyambadi in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 13 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 Vellore) is explained once on the Vellore year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Rānipet lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.