Climate averages 1991–2020

Zhuangyuan weather
in March.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 10.8°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 0.5°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 20 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Zhuangyuan · average highYear overview

March is a cool month in Zhuangyuan: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China (37 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Zhuangyuan, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhuangyuan ranks joint 692nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 228th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhuangyuan is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 38 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Zhuangyuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Zhuangyuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.1°C-4.8°C-4.8°C9.42.39.910 h
February 4.9°C-3.5°C-3.5°C152.610.811 h
March, selected 10.8°C0.5°C0.5°C204.011.912 h
April 18.1°C6.8°C6.8°C384.913.113 h
May 24.1°C13.0°C13.0°C586.014.214 h
June 28.3°C18.1°C18.1°C757.714.715 h
July 30.0°C22.0°C22.0°C18713.414.514 h
August 29.0°C21.7°C21.7°C17512.513.614 h
September 25.2°C16.7°C16.7°C586.012.512 h
October 19.1°C10.2°C10.2°C294.311.311 h
November 11.2°C3.2°C3.2°C294.210.210 h
December 4.2°C-2.3°C-2.3°C122.69.610 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

Distance from Zhuangyuan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zhuangyuan) is explained once on the Zhuangyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.