Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Sanming: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Nanping (71 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Sanming, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 126th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 830th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Sanming is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 180 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in MarchChina · 71 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Shaowu in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Longyan in MarchChina · 144 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Xujiang in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Qincheng in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Putian in MarchChina · 166 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MarchChina · 170 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 133 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.