Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangzhou weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Zhangzhou: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Xiamen (43 km away). In March its highs average 20.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Zhangzhou, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangzhou ranks joint 108th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 622nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhangzhou is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 103 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
Zhangzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 80 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 103 | 12.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 189 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 253 | 19.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 263 | 20.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 142 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 43 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiamen in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Longyan in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Jinjiang in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Quanzhou in MarchChina · 104 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in MarchChina · 114 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Chaozhou in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Chenghua in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 65 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 Zhangzhou) is explained once on the Zhangzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.