Gilgit Weather in March
Gilgit in March
The short of it: Gilgit in March averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 11 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 19 mm · daylight 11 h 52 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Gilgit an average March high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 19 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 16°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 52 min in mid-March, 62 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Gilgit runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Jaglot, 38 km to the SE, is 2° warmer by day.
March in Gilgit, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JaglotGilgit-Baltistan | 38 km SE | 17° | 4° | 25 mm |
| KarimabadGilgit-Baltistan | 55 km NE | 12° | -1° | 14 mm |
| BarishalGilgit-Baltistan | 56 km NE | 11° | -2° | 14 mm |
| GahkuchGilgit-Baltistan | 57 km WNW | 15° | 3° | 12 mm |
| SkarduGilgit-Baltistan | 138 km ESE | 12° | -2° | 45 mm |
| KeranJammu and Kashmir | 144 km SSW | 13° | 3° | 91 mm |
| AthhmuqamAzad Kashmir | 152 km SSW | 11° | 0° | 95 mm |
| GulgamJammu and Kashmir | 152 km S | 15° | 3° | 95 mm |