Climate averages 1991–2020
Cixi weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Cixi: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Yuyao (17 km away). In March its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Cixi, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Cixi ranks joint 476th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 738th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Cixi is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 117 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
Cixi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 78 | 10.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 14.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 117 | 11.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 144 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 266 | 16.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 145 | 11.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 152 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 122 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 71 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 65 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 62 | 7.3 | 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
- Yuyao in MarchChina · 17 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Shangyu in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Ningbo in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Fenghua in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Haining in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Shaoxing in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Jinshan in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Fengxiang in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 127 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 Cixi) is explained once on the Cixi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.