Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanping weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Nanping: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Sanming (71 km away). In March its highs average 20.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nanping, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanping ranks joint 136th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 828th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Nanping is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 174 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
Nanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 81 | 11.0 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 155 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 174 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 271 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 123 | 13.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.511 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
- Sanming in MarchChina · 71 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Shaowu in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Wuyishan in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MarchChina · 130 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Ningde in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Fu’an in MarchChina · 154 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Putian in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Qincheng in MarchChina · 175 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 229 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 Nanping) is explained once on the Nanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.