Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Lincang: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Jianshui (123 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, 3.9°C cooler than Lincang, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 26th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 419th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lincang is 10.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 62 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 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
- Jianshui in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Ning’er in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Menglang in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Pu'er in MarchChina · 151 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Longling County in MarchChina · 163 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Menghuan in MarchChina · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 167 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 167 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.