Climate averages 1991–2020
Jishou 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 Jishou: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 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 Fenghuang (45 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Jishou, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jishou ranks joint 434th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 858th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jishou is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 187 mm to 270 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
Jishou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 119 | 14.3 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 15.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 187 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 270 | 19.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 326 | 18.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 373 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 295 | 16.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 12.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 108 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 69 | 10.4 | 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
- Fenghuang in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MarchChina · 86 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Huaihua in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 184 mm rain
- Zhongduo in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Hongjiang in MarchChina · 137 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in MarchChina · 164 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 114 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 Jishou) is explained once on the Jishou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.