Climate averages 1991–2020
Taishan weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Taishan: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changsha, China (17 km away). In March its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Taishan, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taishan ranks joint 36th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 580th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Taishan is 9.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 138 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
Taishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 34 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 24.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 138 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 289 | 23.1 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 235 | 22.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 291 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 212 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 76 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Changsha, China in MarchChina · 17 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Jiangmen in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Encheng in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Jing’an in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Shaping in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Zhongshan in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Nantou, China in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Macau in MarchMacao · 79 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 67 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 Taishan) is explained once on the Taishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.