Climate averages 1991–2020

Chenzhou weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.4°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 151 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Chenzhou: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Leiyang (69 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Chenzhou, with 152 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenzhou ranks joint 214th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 820th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chenzhou is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 196 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chenzhou climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chenzhou, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.6°C3.6°C	3.6°C	60	9.7	10.711 h
February	13.6°C5.9°C	5.9°C	72	11.1	11.311 h
March, selected	17.4°C9.6°C	9.6°C	151	17.2	12.012 h
April	23.4°C15.1°C	15.1°C	196	17.4	12.813 h
May	27.1°C19.4°C	19.4°C	240	18.7	13.413 h
June	29.8°C23.1°C	23.1°C	258	18.5	13.714 h
July	32.7°C25.1°C	25.1°C	123	13.4	13.614 h
August	32.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	176	17.4	13.013 h
September	28.7°C21.5°C	21.5°C	88	11.4	12.312 h
October	24.1°C16.5°C	16.5°C	67	7.7	11.612 h
November	18.5°C10.7°C	10.7°C	69	8.1	10.911 h
December	12.7°C5.3°C	5.3°C	54	7.7	10.611 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

Distance from Chenzhou

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chenzhou) is explained once on the Chenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.