Climate averages 1991–2020

Donghai weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 15.3°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 61 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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March is a warm month in Donghai: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Jieshi (25 km away). In March its highs average 21.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Donghai, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghai ranks joint 58th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 548th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Donghai is 8.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 119 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Donghai climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Donghai, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.6°C10.9°C10.9°C254.110.911 h
February 20.6°C12.4°C12.4°C396.311.411 h
March, selected 23.3°C15.3°C15.3°C619.812.012 h
April 26.1°C19.1°C19.1°C11913.012.713 h
May 28.3°C22.5°C22.5°C22319.513.213 h
June 29.3°C24.8°C24.8°C31524.513.514 h
July 30.3°C25.4°C25.4°C28124.313.413 h
August 30.3°C25.2°C25.2°C33425.212.913 h
September 29.7°C23.9°C23.9°C20317.412.312 h
October 27.9°C20.5°C20.5°C555.811.612 h
November 25.0°C16.7°C16.7°C414.611.111 h
December 20.7°C12.2°C12.2°C314.110.811 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 Donghai

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 Donghai) is explained once on the Donghai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.