Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaifeng weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Kaifeng: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengzhou (60 km away). In March its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Kaifeng, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaifeng ranks joint 337th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 341st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Kaifeng is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 36 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
Kaifeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 9.7 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 55 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 81 | 7.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 180 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 79 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 9.5 | 2.1 | 9.910 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
- Zhengzhou in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Xinxiang in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Xuchang in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Hebi in MarchChina · 104 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Yuzhou in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Heze in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Puyang Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 120 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 17 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 Kaifeng) is explained once on the Kaifeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.