Climate averages 1991–2020
Chaohu 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 Chaohu: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (60 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Chaohu, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chaohu ranks joint 419th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 669th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chaohu is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 109 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
Chaohu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 64 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 91 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 109 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 135 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 243 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 210 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 160 | 14.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 80 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.9 | 10.110 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
- Wuhu in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Hefei in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Lucheng in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Tongling in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Chuzhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Nanjing in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Chizhou in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 114 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 Chaohu) is explained once on the Chaohu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.