Climate averages 1991–2020
Micheng weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th 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 Micheng: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Xiangcheng (16 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 2.1°C cooler than Micheng, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Micheng ranks joint 77th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 401st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Micheng is 8.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 43 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
Micheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 31 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 22.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 43 | 6.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 90 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 147 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 26.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 220 | 25.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 13.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 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
- Xiangcheng in MarchChina · 16 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 22 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Dali in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Jinniu in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Chuxiong in MarchChina · 112 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Jianshui in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°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 Micheng) is explained once on the Micheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.