Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhijiang weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Zhijiang: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Zhicheng (28 km away). In March its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Zhijiang, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhijiang ranks joint 280th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 598th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhijiang is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 109 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
Zhijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 74 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 109 | 11.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 218 | 13.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 246 | 16.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 170 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 | 9.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 59 | 7.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 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
- Zhicheng in MarchChina · 28 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Jingzhou in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Buhe in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Yichang in MarchChina · 55 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Jingmen in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Jinshi in MarchChina · 91 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Duobao in MarchChina · 94 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Xiulin in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 112 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 Zhijiang) is explained once on the Zhijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.