Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengxiang weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Chengxiang: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Yong’an (43 km away). In March its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Chengxiang, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengxiang ranks joint 243rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 615th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chengxiang is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 104 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
Chengxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 78 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 104 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 151 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 201 | 16.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 19.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 166 | 15.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 150 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 114 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 7.8 | 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
- Yong’an in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Wushan in MarchChina · 46 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Yezhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MarchChina · 114 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Enshi in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Wanzhou in MarchChina · 132 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Linjiang in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Lichuan in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 118 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 Chengxiang) is explained once on the Chengxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.