Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongkan weather
in March.
A cool, moderately 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 Dongkan: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hede (47 km away). In March its highs average 13.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dongkan, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongkan ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 483rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dongkan is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 52 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
Dongkan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 28 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 30 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 52 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 79 | 7.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 129 | 8.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 256 | 16.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 174 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 41 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 44 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 25 | 4.0 | 9.910 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
- Hede in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Yancheng in MarchChina · 78 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Lianyungang in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Huai'an in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Baoying in MarchChina · 98 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Dazhong in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Xinghua in MarchChina · 118 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Dongtai in MarchChina · 135 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 65 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 Dongkan) is explained once on the Dongkan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.