Climate averages 1991–2020
Liupanshui weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Liupanshui: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Liuzhi (71 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, about as warm as Liupanshui, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liupanshui ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 555th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Liupanshui is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 99 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
Liupanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 44 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 39 | 10.9 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 99 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 21.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 22.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 264 | 23.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 237 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 21.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 17.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 137 | 20.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 56 | 13.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 40 | 12.1 | 10.511 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
- Liuzhi in MarchChina · 71 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Bijie in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Anshun in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Xingren in MarchChina · 135 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Zhaotong in MarchChina · 137 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Qujing in MarchChina · 162 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Xingyi in MarchChina · 167 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Junlian in MarchChina · 178 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 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 Liupanshui) is explained once on the Liupanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.