Climate averages 1991–2020
Xixiang weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xixiang: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chenggu (45 km away). In March its highs average 14.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Xixiang, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xixiang ranks joint 349th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 498th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xixiang is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 68 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
Xixiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 68 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 115 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 159 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 286 | 19.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 203 | 16.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 175 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 104 | 12.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 22 | 5.8 | 10.010 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
- Chenggu in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Hanzhong in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Ankang in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Bazhong in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Guozhen in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Donghe in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Baoji in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 48 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 Xixiang) is explained once on the Xixiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.