Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th 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 Jinniu (124 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, 7.7°C warmer than Lijiang, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 375th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lijiang is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 45 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in MarchChina · 131 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Dali in MarchChina · 143 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 167 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 172 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in MarchChina · 179 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 222 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.