Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th 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 Junlian (123 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 337th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 380th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhaotong is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 48 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in MarchChina · 123 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Liupanshui in MarchChina · 137 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Bijie in MarchChina · 155 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Xichang in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Xunchang in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Shuifu in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Baixi in MarchChina · 174 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Changning in MarchChina · 183 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.