Climate averages 1991–2020
Changsha weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Changsha: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Xiangtan (39 km away). In March its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Changsha, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changsha ranks joint 258th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 851st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Changsha is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 236 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 74 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 12.3 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 180 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 236 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 275 | 16.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 299 | 17.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 181 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 127 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 85 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 64 | 8.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 75 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 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
- Xiangtan in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Shaoshan in MarchChina · 54 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Guankou in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 209 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Heshan in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Xishan in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Pingxiang in MarchChina · 108 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 200 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 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.