Climate averages 1991–2020
Butwāl weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pokhara (82 km away). In March its highs average 20.5°C, 9.6°C cooler than Butwāl, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks joint 6th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Butwāl is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 41 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
Butwāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 21 | 3.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 30.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 127 | 18.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 376 | 25.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 574 | 30.7 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 516 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 279 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 58 | 11.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 10 | 1.1 | 10.410 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
- Pokhara in MarchNepal · 82 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MarchNepal · 97 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Gorakhpur in MarchIndia · 103 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MarchIndia · 114 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bastī in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in MarchIndia · 128 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Deoria in MarchIndia · 136 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 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 Butwāl) is explained once on the Butwāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.