Madurai Weather in March
Madurai in March
The short of it: Madurai in March averages a high of 35 °C (96 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 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 35° · low 25° · rain 37 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Madurai an average March high of 35°, a low of 25° and some 37 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 min in mid-March.
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, Madurai runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Anuppānadi, 3 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
March in Madurai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnuppānadiTamil Nadu | 3 km ESE | 35° | 24° | 36 mm |
| MelmadaiTamil Nadu | 3 km ENE | 35° | 25° | 36 mm |
| VilāngudiTamil Nadu | 4 km NW | 35° | 25° | 37 mm |
| AvaniyāpuramTamil Nadu | 4 km S | 35° | 25° | 37 mm |
| VandiyūrTamil Nadu | 5 km ESE | 35° | 24° | 36 mm |
| ĀnaiyūrTamil Nadu | 5 km N | 35° | 24° | 36 mm |
| NāyanakulamTamil Nadu | 5 km NNE | 36° | 24° | 35 mm |
| KannānendalTamil Nadu | 6 km NNE | 36° | 24° | 35 mm |