Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongcun weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Dongcun: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laiyang (45 km away). In March its highs average 11.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Dongcun, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongcun ranks joint 705th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 353rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dongcun is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 45 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
Dongcun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 73 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 177 | 11.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 175 | 12.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 73 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 38 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 2.9 | 9.710 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
- Laiyang in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Laixi in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Jiangshan in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Zhuangyuan in MarchChina · 66 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Yuanshang in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Jimo in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Yantai in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Jiudian in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 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 Dongcun) is explained once on the Dongcun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.