Climate averages 1991–2020
Macheng 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 Macheng: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou, China (41 km away). In March its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Macheng, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Macheng ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 664th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Macheng is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 129 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
Macheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 60 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 90 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 129 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 158 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 250 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 258 | 15.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 150 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 77 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 63 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Xinzhou, China in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Qingquan in MarchChina · 84 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 118 mm rain
- E’zhou in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Ezhou in MarchChina · 89 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Wuhan in MarchChina · 98 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Huangshi in MarchChina · 104 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Huangchuan in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 61 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 Macheng) is explained once on the Macheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.