Climate averages 1991–2020
Longquan weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd 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 Longquan: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Anning (43 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, 1.9°C cooler than Longquan, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longquan ranks 35th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 279th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Longquan is 9.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 36 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
Longquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 168 | 19.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 220 | 24.9 | 13.514 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 202 | 23.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 129 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 74 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.611 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
- Anning in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Majie in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Kunming in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Chuxiong in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Jianshui in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Miyang in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 28 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 Longquan) is explained once on the Longquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.