Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiulin 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 Xiulin: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 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 Jinshi (53 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Xiulin, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiulin ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 726th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xiulin is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 170 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
Xiulin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 170 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 197 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 250 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 10.310 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
- Jinshi in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Buhe in MarchChina · 66 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Jingzhou in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Yueyang in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in MarchChina · 92 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Zhijiang in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Changde in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Xindi in MarchChina · 104 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 127 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 Xiulin) is explained once on the Xiulin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.