Climate averages 1991–2020
Gejiu weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Gejiu: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Mengzi (23 km away). In March its highs average 23.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gejiu, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gejiu ranks joint 114th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 435th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Gejiu is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 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
Gejiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 17.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 113 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 166 | 22.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 255 | 25.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 266 | 26.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 135 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 11.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 15.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.711 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
- Mengzi in MarchChina · 23 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Wenshan City in MarchChina · 112 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Miyang in MarchChina · 120 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 127 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Lào Cai in MarchVietnam · 128 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Zhongshu in MarchChina · 143 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MarchChina · 168 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 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 Gejiu) is explained once on the Gejiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.