Climate averages 1991–2020

Shaoyang weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 15.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 8.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 132 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Shaoyang: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Lengshuijiang (50 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Shaoyang, with 140 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoyang ranks joint 349th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 785th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shaoyang is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 171 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Shaoyang climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Shaoyang, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	9.0°C2.8°C	2.8°C	57	10.5	10.611 h
February	11.7°C4.9°C	4.9°C	72	12.2	11.211 h
March, selected	15.8°C8.5°C	8.5°C	132	17.2	12.012 h
April	21.9°C13.9°C	13.9°C	171	17.2	12.813 h
May	26.1°C18.4°C	18.4°C	226	17.3	13.513 h
June	28.8°C22.1°C	22.1°C	271	19.5	13.814 h
July	31.9°C24.6°C	24.6°C	186	14.5	13.714 h
August	31.5°C24.2°C	24.2°C	141	15.8	13.113 h
September	28.0°C20.5°C	20.5°C	76	10.5	12.312 h
October	23.0°C15.4°C	15.4°C	67	8.3	11.512 h
November	17.2°C9.9°C	9.9°C	65	8.9	10.811 h
December	11.5°C4.6°C	4.6°C	43	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

Distance from Shaoyang

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