Climate averages 1991–2020

Hengyang weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 164 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Hengyang: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Leiyang (59 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Hengyang, with 152 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hengyang ranks joint 229th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 837th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hengyang is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 220 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Hengyang climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Hengyang, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.3°C3.8°C	3.8°C	73	11.2	10.711 h
February	13.1°C6.0°C	6.0°C	82	12.5	11.211 h
March, selected	17.0°C9.5°C	9.5°C	164	18.4	12.012 h
April	23.1°C15.0°C	15.0°C	220	17.7	12.813 h
May	27.1°C19.5°C	19.5°C	268	17.6	13.513 h
June	29.9°C23.2°C	23.2°C	292	17.9	13.814 h
July	33.4°C26.2°C	26.2°C	148	12.1	13.714 h
August	33.2°C25.8°C	25.8°C	134	13.8	13.113 h
September	29.5°C22.0°C	22.0°C	80	9.9	12.312 h
October	24.5°C16.7°C	16.7°C	71	7.9	11.512 h
November	18.5°C10.9°C	10.9°C	81	8.5	10.811 h
December	12.7°C5.5°C	5.5°C	50	7.8	10.510 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 Hengyang

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