Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinniu weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Jinniu: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Xiangcheng (37 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 4.2°C cooler than Jinniu, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinniu ranks joint 26th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jinniu is 10.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 25 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
Jinniu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 140 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 199 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 199 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 142 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Dali in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lijiang in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Chuxiong in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 43 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 Jinniu) is explained once on the Jinniu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.