Climate averages 1991–2020
Changsha, China weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Changsha, China: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taishan (17 km away). In March its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Changsha, China, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changsha, China ranks joint 40th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 651st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Changsha, China is 9.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 158 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
Changsha, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 33 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 42 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 86 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 158 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 283 | 22.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 224 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 272 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 71 | 7.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 4.6 | 10.811 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
- Taishan in MarchChina · 17 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Encheng in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Jiangmen in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Shaping in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Jing’an in MarchChina · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Nantou, China in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Zhongshan in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Daliang in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 97 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 Changsha) is explained once on the Changsha, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.