Climate averages 1991–2020
Chuxiong weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chuxiong: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Longquan (74 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Chuxiong, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chuxiong ranks joint 69th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 308th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chuxiong is 8.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 39 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
Chuxiong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 23.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 166 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 24.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 126 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 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
- Longquan in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Jianshui in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Anning in MarchChina · 96 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 96 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MarchChina · 108 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Majie in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 112 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 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 Chuxiong) is explained once on the Chuxiong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.