Climate averages 1991–2020

Liuzhi 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.

Average high 16.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 8.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 82 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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March is a mild month in Liuzhi: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Anshun (51 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Liuzhi, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liuzhi ranks joint 235th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 631st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Liuzhi is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 118 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Liuzhi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Liuzhi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.6°C3.2°C3.2°C6214.510.711 h
February 12.8°C4.9°C4.9°C5113.111.311 h
March, selected 16.9°C8.0°C8.0°C8217.512.012 h
April 20.9°C11.9°C11.9°C11818.212.813 h
May 23.0°C14.9°C14.9°C19020.013.413 h
June 24.3°C17.5°C17.5°C31023.313.814 h
July 25.2°C18.5°C18.5°C27023.713.614 h
August 25.1°C18.0°C18.0°C17920.513.113 h
September 22.6°C15.9°C15.9°C13816.312.312 h
October 18.5°C12.7°C12.7°C13118.811.612 h
November 15.1°C8.5°C8.5°C7314.210.911 h
December 10.5°C4.4°C4.4°C5212.810.511 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

Distance from Liuzhi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Liuzhi) is explained once on the Liuzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.