Weather in Surat in March

The month to avoid. March is the month most people should skip in Surat. Daytime highs average 38.4 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

March ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Surat's year. January is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 44 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain is not a factor worth planning around this month. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 28 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month; the day swings 17.5 °C from low to high, which means one bag has to cover both. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest March day reached 44.5 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.9 °C.

March is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest March on record still only managed 15 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Marchs brought 8 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 7.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 39% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How March sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 3.3 °C warmer than February, and April adds another 2.5 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in March

12 hours of daylight, gaining 0.6 hours across the month. That is between Surat's extremes of 13.4 and 10.9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 25.8 °C in March — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29.7 °C in June and bottoms out at 24.4 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

March in Surat versus nearby

If Surat is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nashik is a better bet in March — 2.1 °C cooler, 1 day more rain. Virār is a better bet in March — 10.1 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: March is a compromise. January is 44 points better and is what Surat is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Surat

See all twelve months in Surat, or where else to go in March.