Climate averages 1991–2020
Xihe weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xihe: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Suizhou (10 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Xihe, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xihe ranks joint 316th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 528th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xihe is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 94 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
Xihe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 16.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 94 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 126 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 180 | 10.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 13.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 81 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 21 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
- Suizhou in MarchChina · 10 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Guangshui in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Anlu in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Xinyang in MarchChina · 75 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Xinshi in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Chengzhong in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Zaoyang in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Xiaogan in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 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 Xihe) is explained once on the Xihe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.