Climate averages 1991–2020

Yangshuo weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 19.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 12.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 174 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yangshuo · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Yangshuo: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guilin (59 km away). In March its highs average 18.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Yangshuo, with 222 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yangshuo ranks joint 152nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 844th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Yangshuo is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 227 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. 05101520253035 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Yangshuo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yangshuo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.8°C6.9°C6.9°C8212.410.811 h
February 16.0°C9.1°C9.1°C8113.811.311 h
March, selected 19.0°C12.4°C12.4°C17420.312.012 h
April 23.9°C17.0°C17.0°C22720.412.713 h
May 27.2°C20.7°C20.7°C30321.813.313 h
June 29.2°C23.4°C23.4°C30922.213.614 h
July 30.8°C24.5°C24.5°C19417.813.514 h
August 31.3°C24.4°C24.4°C15416.913.013 h
September 29.9°C22.2°C22.2°C7910.512.312 h
October 26.4°C17.9°C17.9°C677.111.612 h
November 21.2°C12.9°C12.9°C748.711.011 h
December 15.9°C7.9°C7.9°C598.710.611 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 Yangshuo

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