Chennai Weather in March
Chennai in March
The short of it: Chennai in March averages a high of 34 °C (93 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 12 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 34° · low 24° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 12 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Chennai an average March high of 34°, a low of 24° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 34° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the driest month of the year, only 4.0 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 12 h 2 min in mid-March, 20 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Chennai runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Nerkunram, 8 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Chennai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NerkunramTamil Nadu | 8 km WSW | 34° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| TiruvottiyūrTamil Nadu | 8 km NNE | 34° | 24° | 3.0 mm |
| MadhavaramTamil Nadu | 8 km NW | 34° | 24° | 4.0 mm |
| ManaliTamil Nadu | 9 km N | 34° | 24° | 3.0 mm |
| MathurTamil Nadu | 10 km NNW | 34° | 23° | 4.0 mm |
| PuzhalTamil Nadu | 12 km NW | 33° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| RamapuramTamil Nadu | 12 km WSW | 34° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| AlandurTamil Nadu | 12 km SW | 34° | 24° | 5.0 mm |