Climate averages 1991–2020
Nepalgunj weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nepalgunj: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 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 Bahraigh (53 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Nepalgunj, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Nepalgunj ranks 8th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Nepalgunj is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 16 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
Nepalgunj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 27 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 35 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 32 | 6.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 34.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 175 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 355 | 25.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 268 | 24.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 154 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 0.9 | 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
- Bahraigh in MarchIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Birendranagar in MarchNepal · 61 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Lakhīmpur in MarchIndia · 83 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in MarchIndia · 89 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Sītāpur in MarchIndia · 107 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Gondā City in MarchIndia · 107 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in MarchNepal · 124 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in MarchIndia · 131 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 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 Nepalgunj) is explained once on the Nepalgunj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.