Climate averages 1991–2020
Suining weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Suining: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zitong (44 km away). In March its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Suining, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suining ranks joint 195th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 467th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Suining is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 72 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
Suining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 22 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 102 | 12.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 156 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 204 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 115 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 79 | 13.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 7.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.0°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 23 | 6.2 | 10.210 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
- Zitong in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Nanchong in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Bachuan in MarchChina · 86 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Hechuan in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Longgang, China in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Ziyang in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Guang’an in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Longshui in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 59 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 Suining) is explained once on the Suining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.