Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangshan weather
in March.
A mild, 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 Huangshan: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Huicheng (Anhui), China (21 km away). In March its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Huangshan, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangshan ranks joint 372nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 844th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Huangshan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 210 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
Huangshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 100 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 174 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 210 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 231 | 14.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 384 | 18.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 16.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 88 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 76 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 10.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.310 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
- Huicheng (Anhui), China in MarchChina · 21 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Quzhou in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Jingdezhen in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Lanxi (Zhejiang), China in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Chizhou in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Xuancheng in MarchChina · 144 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Shangrao in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Jinhua in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 145 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 Huangshan) is explained once on the Huangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.