Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanshui weather
in March.
A warm, 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 warm month in Sanshui: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Foshan (28 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sanshui, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanshui ranks joint 85th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 796th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Sanshui is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 221 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
Sanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 9.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 22.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 221 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 306 | 21.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 353 | 23.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 243 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 264 | 22.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 165 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 61 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 40 | 5.1 | 10.711 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
- Foshan in MarchChina · 28 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Guangzhou in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Shaping in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Zhaoqing in MarchChina · 46 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Daliang in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Shiqiao in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Dasha in MarchChina · 56 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Lubu in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 154 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 Sanshui) is explained once on the Sanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.