Climate averages 1991–2020

Pingxiang weather
in March.

A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 8.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 200 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Pingxiang: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very 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 Xishan (35 km away). In March its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Pingxiang, with 218 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingxiang ranks joint 239th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 863rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Pingxiang is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 279 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pingxiang climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pingxiang, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.2°C3.1°C	3.1°C	74	11.0	10.611 h
February	12.9°C5.3°C	5.3°C	90	12.5	11.211 h
March, selected	16.8°C8.8°C	8.8°C	200	18.4	12.012 h
April	22.7°C14.1°C	14.1°C	279	18.8	12.813 h
May	26.8°C18.7°C	18.7°C	297	18.1	13.513 h
June	29.4°C22.3°C	22.3°C	334	19.5	13.914 h
July	32.7°C25.1°C	25.1°C	185	15.9	13.714 h
August	32.1°C24.7°C	24.7°C	182	17.2	13.113 h
September	28.7°C21.1°C	21.1°C	97	11.6	12.312 h
October	24.0°C15.9°C	15.9°C	66	7.8	11.512 h
November	18.3°C10.0°C	10.0°C	86	8.8	10.811 h
December	12.5°C4.6°C	4.6°C	55	7.7	10.410 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

Distance from Pingxiang

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pingxiang) is explained once on the Pingxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.