Climate averages 1991–2020

Foshan weather
in March.

A warm, 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 16.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 117 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Foshan · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Foshan: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a 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 Guangzhou (16 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Foshan, with 117 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Foshan ranks joint 58th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 743rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Foshan is 9.0°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 197 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

Foshan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Foshan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 18.6°C10.9°C10.9°C416.410.911 h
February 20.3°C12.8°C12.8°C558.911.411 h
March, selected 23.3°C16.0°C16.0°C11714.312.012 h
April 26.9°C20.1°C20.1°C19716.512.713 h
May 29.4°C23.2°C23.2°C29021.013.213 h
June 30.9°C25.3°C25.3°C33622.713.514 h
July 31.8°C25.8°C25.8°C22921.813.413 h
August 31.6°C25.7°C25.7°C26422.112.913 h
September 30.5°C24.3°C24.3°C17715.812.312 h
October 28.3°C20.9°C20.9°C586.411.612 h
November 24.6°C16.6°C16.6°C355.311.111 h
December 20.1°C12.0°C12.0°C374.710.711 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 Foshan

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

Guangzhou and Shiqiao lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.