Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaoyang 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 Zaoyang: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangyang (58 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Zaoyang, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zaoyang ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 491st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zaoyang is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 66 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
Zaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 19 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 16.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 47 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 100 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 146 | 9.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 203 | 14.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 163 | 13.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 82 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 61 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 39 | 6.1 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 17 | 3.5 | 10.110 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
- Xiangyang in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Tanghe in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Suizhou in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Xihe in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 95 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Nanyang in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Laohekou in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 41 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 Zaoyang) is explained once on the Zaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.