Climate averages 1991–2020
Shankou weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Shankou: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Baisha (Guangxi), China (13 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Shankou, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shankou ranks 33rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 563rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shankou is 10.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 95 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
Shankou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 21.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 24.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 95 | 11.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 298 | 20.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 297 | 21.2 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 330 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 200 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 66 | 7.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 40 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.811 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
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in MarchChina · 13 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Gongguan in MarchChina · 25 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Hepu in MarchChina · 54 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Lianjiang in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Beihai in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Xichang, China in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Zhanjiang in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Huazhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 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 Shankou) is explained once on the Shankou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.