Climate averages 1991–2020

Xuchang weather
in March.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 4.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 32 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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March is a mild month in Xuchang: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Yuzhou (39 km away). In March its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Xuchang, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuchang ranks joint 328th 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; Xuchang is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 40 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xuchang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xuchang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.1°C-3.0°C-3.0°C122.710.210 h
February 10.7°C-0.3°C-0.3°C163.310.911 h
March, selected 16.0°C4.6°C4.6°C325.212.012 h
April 22.6°C10.8°C10.8°C405.313.013 h
May 28.1°C16.5°C16.5°C616.813.914 h
June 32.1°C21.4°C21.4°C987.814.414 h
July 32.0°C23.8°C23.8°C18513.614.214 h
August 30.3°C22.6°C22.6°C14413.313.413 h
September 26.7°C17.8°C17.8°C828.412.412 h
October 22.2°C11.9°C11.9°C435.211.411 h
November 15.0°C4.9°C4.9°C344.910.410 h
December 8.9°C-1.0°C-1.0°C122.79.910 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 Xuchang

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