Climate averages 1991–2020
Madhyapur Thimi weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Madhyapur Thimi: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Hetauda (45 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, 7.1°C warmer than Madhyapur Thimi, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Madhyapur Thimi ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Madhyapur Thimi is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 86 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
Madhyapur Thimi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 86 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 404 | 27.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 717 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 571 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 20 | 2.6 | 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
- Hetauda in MarchNepal · 45 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Birgañj in MarchNepal · 89 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MarchNepal · 94 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Janakpur in MarchNepal · 118 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bettiah in MarchIndia · 131 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MarchIndia · 143 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Lahān in MarchNepal · 152 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.8°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 Madhyapur Thimi) is explained once on the Madhyapur Thimi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.