Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakargarh weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th 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 Shakargarh: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Narowal (32 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Shakargarh, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shakargarh ranks 138th of 166 for the warmest March highs and 149th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Shakargarh is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 54 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
Shakargarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 73 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 109 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 98 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 29 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 37.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 88 | 9.6 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 21.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 213 | 21.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 89 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 21 | 2.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 19.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 35 | 3.2 | 10.110 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
- Narowal in MarchPakistan · 32 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Gurdaspur in MarchIndia · 34 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Pathānkot in MarchIndia · 46 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Pasrur in MarchPakistan · 47 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Batāla in MarchIndia · 51 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Jammu in MarchIndia · 59 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Sialkot in MarchPakistan · 64 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Udhampur in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 164 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 Shakargarh) is explained once on the Shakargarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.