Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanzhang Chengguanzhen weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Nanzhang Chengguanzhen: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Xiangyang (41 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Nanzhang Chengguanzhen, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanzhang Chengguanzhen ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 535th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Nanzhang Chengguanzhen is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 79 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
Nanzhang Chengguanzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 29 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 59 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 79 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 124 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 12.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 228 | 18.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 209 | 17.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 110 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 79 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 51 | 7.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 22 | 4.5 | 10.110 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
- Xiangyang in MarchChina · 41 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Laohekou in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Jingmen in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Zaoyang in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 38 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 Nanzhang Chengguanzhen) is explained once on the Nanzhang Chengguanzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.