Climate averages 1991–2020
Longyan 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 Longyan: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Zhangzhou (90 km away). In March its highs average 21.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Longyan, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longyan ranks joint 118th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 840th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Longyan is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 194 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
Longyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 7.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 18.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 11.2 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 167 | 17.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 194 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 246 | 20.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 22.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 180 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 223 | 20.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 126 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 56 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 49 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 50 | 6.3 | 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
- Zhangzhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Meizhou in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Xiamen in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MarchChina · 138 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Sanming in MarchChina · 144 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in MarchChina · 155 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Quanzhou in MarchChina · 159 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Jinjiang in MarchChina · 159 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 83 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 Longyan) is explained once on the Longyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.