Climate averages 1991–2020
Rugao weather
in March.
A cool, moderately 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 cool month in Rugao: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Jiangyan (43 km away). In March its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Rugao, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rugao ranks joint 547th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 602nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Rugao is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 84 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
Rugao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 75 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 109 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 217 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 217 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 178 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 94 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 5.7 | 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
- Jiangyan in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Nantong in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Jinsha in MarchChina · 56 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in MarchChina · 56 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Juegang in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Taixing in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Jiangyin in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Dongtai in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 65 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 Rugao) is explained once on the Rugao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.