Climate averages 1991–2020
Huaihua weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Huaihua: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Hongjiang (50 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Huaihua, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huaihua ranks joint 372nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 854th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Huaihua is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 240 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
Huaihua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 90 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 109 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 15.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 184 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 240 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 270 | 17.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 270 | 18.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 14.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 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
- Hongjiang in MarchChina · 50 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Jishou in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Wugang in MarchChina · 112 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Shangmei in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in MarchChina · 141 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 140 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 Huaihua) is explained once on the Huaihua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.