Climate averages 1991–2020
Changning weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Changning: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Xunchang (24 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Changning, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changning ranks joint 169th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 555th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Changning is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 91 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
Changning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 37 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 36 | 10.6 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 127 | 16.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 197 | 19.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 228 | 20.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 140 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 95 | 18.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 61 | 12.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 12.0 | 10.410 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
- Xunchang in MarchChina · 24 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Nanxi in MarchChina · 30 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Yibin in MarchChina · 34 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Baixi in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Gusong in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Shuifu in MarchChina · 50 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Luzhou in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Junlian in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 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 Changning) is explained once on the Changning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.