Climate averages 1991–2020

Xishan 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 17.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 218 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Xishan: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 218 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 Pingxiang (35 km away). In March its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Xishan, with 200 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xishan ranks joint 222nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and 873rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xishan is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 284 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

Xishan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xishan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.6°C3.5°C	3.5°C	86	11.5	10.611 h
February	13.2°C5.7°C	5.7°C	105	13.0	11.211 h
March, selected	17.2°C9.3°C	9.3°C	218	18.3	12.012 h
April	23.0°C14.6°C	14.6°C	284	18.6	12.813 h
May	27.1°C19.0°C	19.0°C	298	17.2	13.514 h
June	29.8°C22.9°C	22.9°C	330	18.2	13.914 h
July	33.1°C26.0°C	26.0°C	170	13.4	13.714 h
August	32.8°C25.5°C	25.5°C	139	14.4	13.113 h
September	29.4°C21.6°C	21.6°C	82	10.0	12.312 h
October	24.6°C16.3°C	16.3°C	65	7.8	11.512 h
November	18.7°C10.3°C	10.3°C	90	8.8	10.811 h
December	12.9°C5.0°C	5.0°C	60	8.3	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 Xishan

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