Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchong weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Nanchong: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Suining (58 km away). In March its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Nanchong, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchong ranks joint 222nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 519th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Nanchong is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 96 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
Nanchong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 25 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 29 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 96 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 135 | 13.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 184 | 14.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 216 | 16.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 174 | 14.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 138 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 14.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 57 | 9.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 30 | 6.9 | 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
- Suining in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Guang’an in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Zitong in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Hechuan in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Bachuan in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Beibei in MarchChina · 113 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Longgang, China in MarchChina · 127 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Guixi in MarchChina · 131 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 103 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 Nanchong) is explained once on the Nanchong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.