Climate averages 1991–2020

Haimen weather
in March.

A mild, moderately 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 20.5°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 15.5°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 62 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Haimen · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Haimen: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Shantou (19 km away). In March its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Haimen, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Haimen ranks 134th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 552nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Haimen is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 106 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. 101520253035 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 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Haimen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Haimen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.4°C12.3°C12.3°C304.810.911 h
February 18.1°C13.1°C13.1°C426.911.411 h
March, selected 20.5°C15.5°C15.5°C629.612.012 h
April 23.9°C19.2°C19.2°C10611.912.713 h
May 26.8°C22.7°C22.7°C19117.313.213 h
June 28.8°C25.3°C25.3°C24622.013.514 h
July 29.8°C26.0°C26.0°C21020.513.413 h
August 29.7°C25.8°C25.8°C26122.112.913 h
September 28.9°C24.9°C24.9°C16615.212.312 h
October 26.5°C22.0°C22.0°C545.411.612 h
November 23.3°C18.2°C18.2°C545.011.011 h
December 19.2°C14.0°C14.0°C394.710.711 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 Haimen

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