Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiajie weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Zhangjiajie: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Jishou (116 km away). In March its highs average 15.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zhangjiajie, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiajie ranks joint 349th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 818th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhangjiajie is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 220 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
Zhangjiajie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 150 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 220 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 247 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 317 | 19.9 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 111 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 115 | 11.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 46 | 8.3 | 10.310 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
- Jishou in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Changde in MarchChina · 119 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Jinshi in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Enshi in MarchChina · 162 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Zhicheng in MarchChina · 163 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MarchChina · 164 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Zhongduo in MarchChina · 170 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 154 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 Zhangjiajie) is explained once on the Zhangjiajie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.