Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangxiang weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xiangxiang: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Shaoshan (20 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Xiangxiang, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangxiang ranks joint 253rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 847th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xiangxiang is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 212 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
Xiangxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 73 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 91 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 177 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 212 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 259 | 17.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 17.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 185 | 13.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 133 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 87 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 72 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 52 | 8.0 | 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
- Shaoshan in MarchChina · 20 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Xiangtan in MarchChina · 38 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Yongfeng in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 157 mm rain
- Loudi in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Gantang in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Changsha in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Hengyang in MarchChina · 94 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 164 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 Xiangxiang) is explained once on the Xiangxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.