Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhoukou weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th 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 Zhoukou: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaidian (43 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Zhoukou, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhoukou ranks joint 372nd 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; Zhoukou is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 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
Zhoukou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 76 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 114 | 8.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 216 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 154 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 78 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.010 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
- Huaidian in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Luohe in MarchChina · 56 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Jishui in MarchChina · 72 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Jieshou in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Xuchang in MarchChina · 84 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhumadian in MarchChina · 92 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Bozhou in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Yuzhou in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 31 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 Zhoukou) is explained once on the Zhoukou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.