Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhuangyuan (37 km away). In March its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China ranks joint 686th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 37 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
Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 8.8 | 2.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 11.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 19 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 4.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 58 | 5.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 74 | 7.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 192 | 13.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 175 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 56 | 5.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 28 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 12 | 2.6 | 9.610 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
- Zhuangyuan in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Jiudian in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Laizhou in MarchChina · 46 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Laiyang in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Laixi in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Yuanshang in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Pingdu in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 21 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 Zhaoyuan) is explained once on the Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.