Climate averages 1991–2020
Chenggu weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Chenggu: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanzhong (29 km away). In March its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Chenggu, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenggu ranks joint 510th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 509th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chenggu is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 69 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
Chenggu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 22 | 5.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 34 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 14.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 53 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 109 | 12.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 137 | 11.6 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 224 | 18.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 169 | 16.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 23.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 198 | 15.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 121 | 14.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 68 | 10.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 8.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 27 | 6.2 | 10.010 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
- Hanzhong in MarchChina · 29 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Xixiang in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Guozhen in MarchChina · 135 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Baoji in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Donghe in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Bazhong in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Guangyuan in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 43 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 Chenggu) is explained once on the Chenggu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.