Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongtai 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 Dongtai: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Dazhong (41 km away). In March its highs average 13.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Dongtai, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongtai ranks joint 547th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 563rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dongtai is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 73 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
Dongtai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 7.4 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 7.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 104 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 187 | 11.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 237 | 15.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 189 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 55 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 5.4 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Jiangyan in MarchChina · 42 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Xinghua in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in MarchChina · 55 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Yancheng in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Rugao in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Taixing in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Gaoyou in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.9°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 Dongtai) is explained once on the Dongtai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.