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New Delhi in March

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in New Delhi is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.March in New Delhi is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
11h 57mon average

Is March a good time to visit New Delhi?

A good month, just outside New Delhi's best months, which run from December to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in March, against 70°F to 106°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in March, against 21°C to 41°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in March, against 4% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in March, against 9% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

11h 57m in March, against 10h 21m to 13h 56m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February76°24°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March87°31°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April100°38°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where New Delhi sits, in March

Asia/Kolkata
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:32 AMsets 6:29 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agra178 km south-east

The land around New Delhi, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in India in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in New Delhi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Delhi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.