Climate averages 1991–2020
Songlou weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Songlou: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Huashan (14 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, about as warm as Songlou, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songlou ranks joint 419th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 401st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Songlou is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 45 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
Songlou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 45 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 6.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 100 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 205 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 76 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
- Huashan in MarchChina · 14 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in MarchChina · 15 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Zhangzhai in MarchChina · 32 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Shouxian in MarchChina · 33 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Huankou in MarchChina · 34 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Peicheng in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Anguo in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhangzhuang in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 34 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 Songlou) is explained once on the Songlou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.