Climate averages 1991–2020

Xujiang 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 18.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 221 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Xujiang: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 221 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 Qincheng (46 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Xujiang, with 229 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xujiang ranks joint 165th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 875th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xujiang is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 276 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

Xujiang climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xujiang, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	12.3°C4.0°C	4.0°C	78	10.1	10.711 h
February	14.9°C6.2°C	6.2°C	99	12.1	11.211 h
March, selected	18.2°C9.9°C	9.9°C	221	17.8	12.012 h
April	23.8°C15.2°C	15.2°C	276	18.1	12.813 h
May	27.5°C19.5°C	19.5°C	322	18.6	13.513 h
June	29.7°C22.9°C	22.9°C	353	19.3	13.814 h
July	33.2°C24.9°C	24.9°C	157	14.1	13.714 h
August	32.8°C24.6°C	24.6°C	166	17.2	13.113 h
September	30.0°C21.7°C	21.7°C	89	10.6	12.312 h
October	25.7°C16.6°C	16.6°C	59	6.2	11.512 h
November	20.0°C11.1°C	11.1°C	82	7.9	10.911 h
December	14.2°C5.3°C	5.3°C	66	7.4	10.510 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 Xujiang

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