Climate averages 1991–2020
Hefei 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.
March is a mild month in Hefei: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 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 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaohu (63 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, about as warm as Hefei, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hefei ranks joint 396th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 595th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hefei is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 91 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
Hefei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 7.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 52 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 73 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 91 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 113 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 193 | 11.6 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 189 | 14.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 154 | 12.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 52 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 6.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.110 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
- Chaohu in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Lucheng in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Lu’an in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Huainan in MarchChina · 89 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Wuyang in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Chuzhou in MarchChina · 108 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Tongling in MarchChina · 112 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in MarchChina · 118 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 89 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 Hefei) is explained once on the Hefei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.