Climate averages 1991–2020
Longnan weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 649 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.2°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
March is a cool month in Longnan: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingwu County (116 km away). In March its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Longnan, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longnan ranks joint 558th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 456th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Longnan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 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
Longnan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 14 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 7.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 20 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 108 | 14.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 16.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 16.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 128 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 90 | 15.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 11 | 3.6 | 10.010 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
- Pingwu County in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Guangyuan in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Luomen in MarchChina · 151 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Tianshui in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Pan’an in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Gangu Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 153 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Xinxing in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Beidao in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 31 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 Longnan) is explained once on the Longnan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.