Climate averages 1991–2020
Hetauda weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Hetauda: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th 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 Madhyapur Thimi (45 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, 7.1°C cooler than Hetauda, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Hetauda ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Hetauda is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 55 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
Hetauda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 55 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 154 | 19.5 | 13.513 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 340 | 25.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 615 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 485 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 252 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 56 | 10.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 10 | 1.4 | 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
- Madhyapur Thimi in MarchNepal · 45 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Birgañj in MarchNepal · 48 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MarchNepal · 65 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Bettiah in MarchIndia · 87 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in MarchIndia · 87 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Janakpur in MarchNepal · 118 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MarchIndia · 137 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°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 Hetauda) is explained once on the Hetauda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.