Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengdu weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Chengdu: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Deyang (60 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Chengdu, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengdu ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chengdu is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 43 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
Chengdu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 2.1 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 19 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 292 | 19.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 290 | 19.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 134 | 12.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Deyang in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Meishan in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Luojiang in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Ziyang in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Mianyang in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Leshan in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Ya'an in MarchChina · 127 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 76 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 Chengdu) is explained once on the Chengdu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.