Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushan weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Dushan: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Duyun (48 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Dushan, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dushan ranks joint 383rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and 764th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dushan is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 169 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
Dushan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 66 | 14.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 67 | 13.8 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 123 | 19.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 169 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 241 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 287 | 23.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 228 | 23.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 158 | 19.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 97 | 12.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 68 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 10.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 50 | 9.7 | 10.611 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
- Duyun in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Kaili in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Guiyang in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Hechi in MarchChina · 138 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 185 mm rain
- Liping in MarchChina · 166 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Anshun in MarchChina · 166 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Yizhou in MarchChina · 187 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Liuzhi in MarchChina · 215 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 82 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 Dushan) is explained once on the Dushan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.