Climate averages 1991–2020

Songcheng 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 17.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 10.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 127 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Songcheng · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Songcheng: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 14 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 Fu’an (42 km away). In March its highs average 18.9°C, 1.8°C warmer than Songcheng, with 112 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songcheng ranks joint 229th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 772nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Songcheng is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 124 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Songcheng climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Songcheng, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.4°C7.5°C7.5°C557.510.711 h
February 14.2°C8.0°C8.0°C679.811.211 h
March, selected 17.0°C10.4°C10.4°C12714.412.012 h
April 21.4°C14.8°C14.8°C12414.812.813 h
May 25.1°C19.5°C19.5°C19116.113.513 h
June 28.2°C23.4°C23.4°C29218.813.814 h
July 30.9°C25.9°C25.9°C21318.213.714 h
August 30.5°C25.7°C25.7°C28323.813.113 h
September 28.4°C23.4°C23.4°C15115.612.312 h
October 24.5°C19.1°C19.1°C617.011.512 h
November 20.3°C14.8°C14.8°C657.810.811 h
December 15.5°C9.6°C9.6°C506.510.510 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 Songcheng

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