Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchang weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Nanchang: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Poyang (86 km away). In March its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Nanchang, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchang ranks joint 243rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and 842nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Nanchang is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 195 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
Nanchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 9.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 91 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 170 | 16.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 195 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 228 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 338 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 188 | 13.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 136 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 53 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 7.0 | 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
- Poyang in MarchChina · 86 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 190 mm rain
- Jinfeng in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in MarchChina · 93 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 207 mm rain
- Bashan in MarchChina · 104 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Jiujiang in MarchChina · 114 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Yingtan in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Xiugu in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Wuxue in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 142 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 Nanchang) is explained once on the Nanchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.