Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Guilin: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Yangshuo (59 km away). In March its highs average 19.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Guilin, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 165th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 876th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Guilin is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 283 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
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 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
- Yangshuo in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Liuzhou in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Liping in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Hezhou in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 234 mm rain
- Wugang in MarchChina · 164 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Yongzhou in MarchChina · 183 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Yizhou in MarchChina · 186 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Laibin in MarchChina · 202 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 148 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 Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.