Ooty Weather in March
Ooty in March
The short of it: Ooty in March averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 9° · rain 32 mm · daylight 12 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Ooty an average March high of 22°, a low of 9° and some 32 mm of rain. No month in Ooty runs warmer: highs about 22°. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 2 min in mid-March, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Ooty runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Coonoor, 13 km to the ESE, is 2° warmer by day.
March in Ooty, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus April
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoonoorTamil Nadu | 13 km ESE | 24° | 12° | 20 mm |
| KotagiriTamil Nadu | 18 km E | 23° | 11° | 18 mm |
| GudalurTamil Nadu | 26 km WNW | 30° | 18° | 13 mm |
| MettupalayamTamil Nadu | 29 km ESE | 35° | 23° | 20 mm |
| KāramadaiTamil Nadu | 35 km ESE | 36° | 23° | 19 mm |
| TondalamTamil Nadu | 39 km WNW | 29° | 18° | 15 mm |
| GundlupētKarnataka | 44 km N | 34° | 20° | 11 mm |
| TudiyalūrTamil Nadu | 46 km SE | 35° | 22° | 22 mm |