Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharān weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Dharān: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Inaruwa (27 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Dharān, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Dharān ranks 13th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Dharān is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 44 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
Dharān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 27.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 127 | 18.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 319 | 26.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 480 | 29.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 371 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 276 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 73 | 8.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.4 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 10.510 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
- Inaruwa in MarchNepal · 27 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MarchNepal · 40 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Triyuga in MarchNepal · 58 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Arāria in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Lahān in MarchNepal · 80 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MarchIndia · 101 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 104 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 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 Dharān) is explained once on the Dharān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.