Climate averages 1991–2020
Ning’er weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ning’er: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pu'er (29 km away). In March its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Ning’er, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ning’er ranks 13th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 424th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Ning’er is 11.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 70 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
Ning’er climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 26.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 270 | 25.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 397 | 29.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 25.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 363 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 239 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 141 | 19.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.711 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
- Pu'er in MarchChina · 29 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Menglang in MarchChina · 127 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Lincang in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Jianshui in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Möng Yang in MarchMyanmar · 193 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in MarchMyanmar · 194 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 212 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 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 Ning’er) is explained once on the Ning’er year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.