Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanxi 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 Nanxi: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Changning (30 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Nanxi, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanxi ranks joint 169th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 505th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Nanxi is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 77 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
Nanxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 33 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 31 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 106 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 201 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 123 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 84 | 17.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 36 | 11.2 | 10.310 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
- Changning in MarchChina · 30 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Yibin in MarchChina · 34 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Luzhou in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Baixi in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Xunchang in MarchChina · 50 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Fuji, China in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Zigong in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Shuifu in MarchChina · 60 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 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 Nanxi) is explained once on the Nanxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.