Climate averages 1991–2020

Qionghai weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 42 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qionghai · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Qionghai: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenchang (49 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Qionghai, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qionghai ranks 17th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 477th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Qionghai is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 73 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Qionghai climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qionghai, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.2°C17.7°C17.7°C266.511.111 h
February 23.4°C18.8°C18.8°C267.111.512 h
March, selected 25.9°C21.2°C21.2°C429.712.012 h
April 28.4°C23.8°C23.8°C7311.712.613 h
May 30.2°C25.8°C25.8°C14916.813.013 h
June 31.0°C26.9°C26.9°C14216.713.313 h
July 30.8°C26.6°C26.6°C17718.013.213 h
August 30.5°C26.3°C26.3°C23423.412.813 h
September 29.5°C25.3°C25.3°C24322.612.312 h
October 27.6°C23.6°C23.6°C20316.511.712 h
November 25.5°C21.6°C21.6°C6511.511.211 h
December 22.8°C18.8°C18.8°C367.011.011 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 Qionghai

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 Qionghai) is explained once on the Qionghai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.