Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Chuxiong (90 km away). In March its highs average 23.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Jianshui, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 118th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 548th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jianshui is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 99 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Longquan in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Lincang in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ning’er in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Anning in MarchChina · 146 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.