Climate averages 1991–2020
Changde weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Changde: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinshi (66 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Changde, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changde ranks joint 280th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 785th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Changde is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Changde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 67 | 9.9 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 79 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 132 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 150 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 181 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 236 | 15.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 226 | 15.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 140 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 86 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 71 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Jinshi in MarchChina · 66 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Heshan in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Xiulin in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in MarchChina · 119 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Yueyang in MarchChina · 141 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Zhicheng in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Loudi in MarchChina · 147 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Shaoshan in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 157 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changde) is explained once on the Changde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.