Jodhpur weather in March

In March, Jodhpur sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Jodhpur's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jodhpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
5th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:53 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
22%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Jodhpur is city in Rajasthan, India.

Air quality
Severe
PM10 239.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,533/km²
people per km²
Founded
1459

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical March day in Jodhpur reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Jodhpur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 20 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
20
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Jodhpur weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°30.710.59.4
Feb27° / 14°40.711.18.3
Mar33° / 19°20.611.84.7
Apr38° / 25°30.912.61.3
May41° / 29°51.113.30.0
Jun39° / 29°263.913.60.5
Jul35° / 28°1081113.52.3
Aug33° / 26°9811.912.93.3
Sep35° / 26°384.812.23.2
Oct35° / 22°8111.43.4
Nov31° / 16°20.510.76.5
Dec26° / 12°10.210.49.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Jodhpur gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
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Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.47:096:34
211.47:086:34
311.57:076:35
411.57:066:35
511.57:056:36
611.57:046:37
711.67:036:37
811.67:026:38
911.67:016:38
1011.77:006:39
1111.76:596:39
1211.76:586:40
1311.76:576:40
1411.86:566:41
1511.86:546:41
1611.86:536:42
1711.86:526:42
1811.96:516:43
1911.96:506:43
2011.96:496:44
2111.96:486:44
2212.06:476:45
2312.06:466:45
2412.06:456:46
2512.06:436:46
2612.16:426:47
2712.16:416:47
2812.16:406:48
2912.26:396:48
3012.26:386:49
3112.26:376:49

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 6.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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46.0Bright
56.0Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Jodhpur

In seasonPeak

None of Jodhpur's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Jodhpur sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Jodhpur?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Jodhpur for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jodhpur in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Jodhpur sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jodhpur in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jodhpur peaks around August 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateAug 17UV 11Dec 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Jodhpur in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jodhpur is worst in June — around 135 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (October, 55 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJun 9135 µg/m³Oct 1457 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May134Unhealthy
Jun135Unhealthy
Jul108Unhealthy
Aug85Unhealthy
Sep68Unhealthy
Oct55Poor
Nov80Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jodhpur?

Jodhpur sits at 26.3°N, 73.0°E, 237 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Pushkar, 156 km away.

UdaipurJaisalmerJaipurMultanFatehpur SikriDelhiAgra

Topography around Jodhpur

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jodhpur.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jodhpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 244 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m.

The land around Jodhpur is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), shrubs (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
502 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Pushkar 156 km · Udaipur 200 km · Jaisalmer 221 km · Jaipur 286 km · Multan 462 km · Fatehpur Sikri 471 km · Delhi 494 km · Agra 508 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jodhpur (26.2684°, 73.0059°, elevation 237 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).