Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianchang weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jianchang: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a very 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 Qincheng (40 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Jianchang, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianchang ranks joint 176th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 867th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jianchang is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 251 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
Jianchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 80 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 93 | 12.0 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 208 | 17.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 251 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 275 | 16.9 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 337 | 17.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 144 | 12.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 33.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 129 | 14.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 58 | 6.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 80 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 67 | 7.8 | 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
- Qincheng in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Xiugu in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in MarchChina · 54 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 207 mm rain
- Bashan in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Jinfeng in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Aoxi in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Yingtan in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Xujiang in MarchChina · 86 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 221 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 Jianchang) is explained once on the Jianchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.