Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Zhanjiang, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks joint 20th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 483rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhanjiang is 10.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 101 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in MarchChina · 46 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Lianjiang in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Huazhou in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Maoming in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Shankou in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Gaozhou in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Gongguan in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 55 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.