Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongduo weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Zhongduo: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Zhonghe (49 km away). In March its highs average 14.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Zhongduo, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongduo ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 825th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhongduo is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 201 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
Zhongduo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 86 | 13.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 9.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 103 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 154 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 201 | 19.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 249 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 267 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 268 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 176 | 19.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 133 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 145 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 95 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 60 | 11.0 | 10.310 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
- Zhonghe in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Hanjia in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Jishou in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MarchChina · 130 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MarchChina · 132 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Nanbin in MarchChina · 143 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 94 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 Zhongduo) is explained once on the Zhongduo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.