Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China 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 Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 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 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mengzi (38 km away). In March its highs average 23.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China ranks joint 20th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China is 10.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 30 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
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 120 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 160 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 91 | 14.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 15 | 2.3 | 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
- Mengzi in MarchChina · 38 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Gejiu in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Miyang in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Zhongshu in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Wenshan City in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MarchChina · 141 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Lào Cai in MarchVietnam · 151 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 126 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 Kaiyuan) is explained once on the Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.