Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiantao weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xiantao: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Hanchuan (44 km away). In March its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Xiantao, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiantao ranks joint 280th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 718th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xiantao is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 165 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
Xiantao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 53 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 108 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 165 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 205 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 267 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 13.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 95 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 69 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 32 | 5.6 | 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
- Hanchuan in MarchChina · 44 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Jingling in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Caidian in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Xindi in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Chengzhong in MarchChina · 65 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Xiaogan in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Duobao in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 77 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 Xiantao) is explained once on the Xiantao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.