Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaowu weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Shaowu: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Wuyishan (71 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Shaowu, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaowu ranks 157th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 874th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shaowu is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 220 mm to 264 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
Shaowu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 81 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 105 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 18.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 220 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 264 | 18.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 296 | 18.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 377 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 180 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 177 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 109 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 15.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 70 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Wuyishan in MarchChina · 71 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Jianchang in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Xiugu in MarchChina · 94 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Qincheng in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Nanping in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Huayuan in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 203 mm rain
- Yingtan in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Sanming in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 156 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 Shaowu) is explained once on the Shaowu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.