Climate averages 1991–2020
Hanchuan weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Hanchuan: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caidian (27 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Hanchuan, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hanchuan ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 664th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hanchuan is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 148 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
Hanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 60 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 90 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 148 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 185 | 12.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 243 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 230 | 14.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 93 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 69 | 7.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Caidian in MarchChina · 27 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Xiaogan in MarchChina · 34 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Chengzhong in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Xiantao in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Wuhan in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Jingling in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Anlu in MarchChina · 68 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Xinshi in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 81 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 Hanchuan) is explained once on the Hanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.