Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Zhongshu: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, 2.5°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 104th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 444th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhongshu is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 56 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Qujing in MarchChina · 108 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Kunming in MarchChina · 121 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Yuxi in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Majie in MarchChina · 128 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Xingyi in MarchChina · 132 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 65 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.