Climate averages 1991–2020

Xiangtan weather
in March.

A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 8.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 195 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Xiangtan: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Zhuzhou (25 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, about as warm as Xiangtan, with 211 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangtan ranks joint 239th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 861st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xiangtan is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 248 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Xiangtan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xiangtan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.0°C3.1°C	3.1°C	77	10.8	10.611 h
February	12.6°C5.4°C	5.4°C	95	12.6	11.211 h
March, selected	16.8°C8.9°C	8.9°C	195	17.5	12.012 h
April	22.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	248	17.6	12.813 h
May	26.8°C19.0°C	19.0°C	280	16.7	13.514 h
June	29.6°C22.9°C	22.9°C	318	17.5	13.914 h
July	33.1°C26.1°C	26.1°C	174	12.5	13.714 h
August	32.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	132	13.8	13.113 h
September	29.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	89	9.8	12.312 h
October	24.1°C16.1°C	16.1°C	65	7.9	11.512 h
November	18.1°C10.2°C	10.2°C	81	8.7	10.811 h
December	12.4°C4.8°C	4.8°C	54	7.8	10.410 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 Xiangtan

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