Climate averages 1991–2020
Lishui weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Lishui: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Guli (48 km away). In March its highs average 16.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lishui, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lishui ranks joint 222nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 739th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lishui is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 130 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
Lishui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 63 | 9.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 116 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 130 | 14.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 185 | 14.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 292 | 17.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 130 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 147 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 57 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 65 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 53 | 7.4 | 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
- Guli in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Jinhua in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Wenzhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Lanxi (Zhejiang), China in MarchChina · 94 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Dongyang in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Yiwu in MarchChina · 96 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Rui’an in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Puyang in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 134 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 Lishui) is explained once on the Lishui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.