Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Qionghai (49 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Wenchang, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks 12th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 462nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Wenchang is 12.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 77 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Qiongshan in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Haikou in MarchChina · 72 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Wanning in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Xucheng in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Nada in MarchChina · 128 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Dacheng in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 35 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.