Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Guiyang: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Guiyang, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 419th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 691st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Guiyang is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 130 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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 10.511 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
- Anshun in MarchChina · 86 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Duyun in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Dushan in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Zunyi in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Kaili in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Liuzhi in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Bijie in MarchChina · 163 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Loushanguan in MarchChina · 173 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 96 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.