Climate averages 1991–2020

Shanwei weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 22.2°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 16.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 71 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Shanwei · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Shanwei: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 71 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 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghai (35 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Shanwei, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanwei ranks joint 99th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 582nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shanwei is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 129 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. 5101520253035 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 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Shanwei climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shanwei, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 18.9°C11.9°C11.9°C304.510.911 h
February 19.7°C13.3°C13.3°C477.811.411 h
March, selected 22.2°C16.1°C16.1°C7110.412.012 h
April 24.8°C19.7°C19.7°C12913.112.713 h
May 27.2°C22.9°C22.9°C22418.513.213 h
June 28.6°C25.2°C25.2°C36024.113.514 h
July 29.5°C25.8°C25.8°C30023.013.413 h
August 29.6°C25.6°C25.6°C35123.312.913 h
September 29.1°C24.5°C24.5°C22516.012.312 h
October 27.3°C21.5°C21.5°C626.111.612 h
November 24.4°C17.6°C17.6°C414.611.111 h
December 20.3°C13.2°C13.2°C354.610.811 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

Distance from Shanwei

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