Climate averages 1991–2020

Shixing 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 19.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 12.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 154 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Shixing: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 154 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 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (30 km away). In March its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Shixing, with 152 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shixing ranks 142nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 825th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shixing is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 206 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

Shixing climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Shixing, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	14.5°C6.1°C	6.1°C	59	7.5	10.811 h
February	16.7°C8.5°C	8.5°C	70	10.5	11.311 h
March, selected	19.9°C12.0°C	12.0°C	154	16.7	12.012 h
April	24.8°C17.1°C	17.1°C	206	17.9	12.713 h
May	28.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	272	20.9	13.313 h
June	30.1°C23.9°C	23.9°C	294	22.5	13.714 h
July	32.3°C25.0°C	25.0°C	179	19.2	13.514 h
August	32.4°C24.9°C	24.9°C	217	20.6	13.013 h
September	30.2°C22.6°C	22.6°C	128	14.2	12.312 h
October	27.0°C18.0°C	18.0°C	54	6.6	11.612 h
November	21.8°C12.7°C	12.7°C	54	6.8	11.011 h
December	16.2°C7.2°C	7.2°C	46	5.9	10.611 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 Shixing

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