Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xichang: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Zhaotong (157 km away). In March its highs average 15.9°C, 4.9°C cooler than Xichang, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 129th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 401st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xichang is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 46 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Zhaotong in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Junlian in MarchChina · 223 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Shuifu in MarchChina · 225 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Lijiang in MarchChina · 232 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Leshan in MarchChina · 236 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Kangding in MarchChina · 236 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Luocheng in MarchChina · 239 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Baixi in MarchChina · 241 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.