Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiyan weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Shiyan: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danjiangkou (69 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Shiyan, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiyan ranks joint 337th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 493rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shiyan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 53 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
Shiyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 48 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 78 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 130 | 12.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 99 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 76 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Danjiangkou in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Laohekou in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 138 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Zhenping in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Xiangyang in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Shangluo in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 40 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 Shiyan) is explained once on the Shiyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.