Climate averages 1991–2020
Loushanguan weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Loushanguan: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a 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 Zunyi (51 km away). In March its highs average 14.5°C, about as warm as Loushanguan, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loushanguan ranks joint 533rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 682nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Loushanguan is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 137 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
Loushanguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 14.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 96 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 137 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 201 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 212 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 170 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 136 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 139 | 18.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 79 | 14.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 12.5 | 10.410 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
- Zunyi in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Wansheng in MarchChina · 92 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Gulin in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Gunan in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Nanchuan in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Hejiang in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Xuyong in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 86 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 Loushanguan) is explained once on the Loushanguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.