Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xunchang: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Changning (24 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, 1.6°C warmer than Xunchang, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 258th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 507th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xunchang is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 71 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 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
- Changning in MarchChina · 24 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Baixi in MarchChina · 32 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Yibin in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Shuifu in MarchChina · 36 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Junlian in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Nanxi in MarchChina · 50 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Gusong in MarchChina · 53 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Xuyong in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 86 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.