Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhicheng 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 Zhicheng: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhijiang (28 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Zhicheng, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhicheng ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 645th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhicheng is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 117 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
Zhicheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 43 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 85 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 171 | 13.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 227 | 13.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 265 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 188 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 83 | 9.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 30 | 6.1 | 10.210 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
- Zhijiang in MarchChina · 28 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Yichang in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Jingzhou in MarchChina · 66 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Buhe in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Jinshi in MarchChina · 84 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Jingmen in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Xiulin in MarchChina · 108 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Duobao in MarchChina · 121 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 77 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 Zhicheng) is explained once on the Zhicheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.