Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunan weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Gunan: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Wansheng (28 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Gunan, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gunan ranks joint 185th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 645th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Gunan is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 125 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
Gunan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 47 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 17.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 85 | 15.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 125 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 17.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 188 | 17.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 153 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 122 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 126 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 86 | 13.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in MarchChina · 28 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Banan in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Luohuang in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Nanchuan in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Jijiang in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Degan in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Chongqing in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 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 Gunan) is explained once on the Gunan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.