Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Putian: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Quanzhou (72 km away). In March its highs average 20.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Putian, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 152nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 700th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Putian is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 110 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in MarchChina · 72 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MarchChina · 75 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Jinjiang in MarchChina · 82 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Xiamen in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Ningde in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Nanping in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Sanming in MarchChina · 166 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 156 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.