Climate averages 1991–2020

Hechuan weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 10.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 65 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hechuan · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Hechuan: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Beibei (25 km away). In March its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Hechuan, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hechuan ranks joint 176th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 563rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hechuan is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 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. 05101520253035 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Hechuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hechuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.2°C5.3°C5.3°C267.010.410 h
February 13.8°C7.1°C7.1°C297.611.111 h
March, selected 18.0°C10.4°C10.4°C6512.012.012 h
April 23.0°C14.7°C14.7°C10613.312.913 h
May 26.3°C18.4°C18.4°C14614.913.614 h
June 28.9°C21.9°C21.9°C17215.414.014 h
July 32.0°C24.9°C24.9°C18215.513.914 h
August 32.3°C25.0°C25.0°C15715.013.213 h
September 27.6°C21.1°C21.1°C11713.112.412 h
October 21.8°C16.3°C16.3°C9514.911.511 h
November 17.4°C11.6°C11.6°C6010.610.711 h
December 12.4°C6.9°C6.9°C348.210.310 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

Distance from Hechuan

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