Climate averages 1991–2020

Hepo weather
in March.

A warm, 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 23.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 14.8°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 94 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hepo · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Hepo: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a 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 Anliu (33 km away). In March its highs average 22.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hepo, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hepo ranks joint 58th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 676th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hepo is 8.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 139 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. 5101520253035 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

Hepo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hepo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.1°C9.9°C9.9°C385.510.911 h
February 20.4°C11.8°C11.8°C588.011.411 h
March, selected 23.3°C14.8°C14.8°C9412.412.012 h
April 26.4°C18.6°C18.6°C13914.412.713 h
May 28.7°C22.0°C22.0°C20619.913.313 h
June 29.9°C24.5°C24.5°C26122.813.614 h
July 31.1°C25.1°C25.1°C20821.413.413 h
August 31.0°C24.9°C24.9°C26423.412.913 h
September 30.0°C23.4°C23.4°C17315.912.312 h
October 28.1°C19.9°C19.9°C546.311.612 h
November 25.0°C15.8°C15.8°C445.211.011 h
December 20.3°C11.1°C11.1°C404.910.711 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 Hepo

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