Climate averages 1991–2020

Zigong weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 10.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 40 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Zigong: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Neijiang (39 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 38 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 165th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 462nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zigong is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Zigong climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Zigong, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	11.1°C5.1°C	5.1°C	22	7.2	10.510 h
February	13.7°C6.9°C	6.9°C	25	7.8	11.111 h
March, selected	18.2°C10.3°C	10.3°C	40	9.9	12.012 h
April	23.5°C14.8°C	14.8°C	68	12.4	12.913 h
May	27.0°C18.6°C	18.6°C	92	13.4	13.614 h
June	29.0°C21.7°C	21.7°C	153	16.0	14.014 h
July	31.1°C23.9°C	23.9°C	230	20.3	13.814 h
August	30.8°C23.7°C	23.7°C	210	18.9	13.213 h
September	26.7°C20.4°C	20.4°C	114	14.9	12.412 h
October	21.3°C16.1°C	16.1°C	67	14.8	11.511 h
November	17.2°C11.5°C	11.5°C	37	8.9	10.711 h
December	12.2°C6.8°C	6.8°C	23	6.9	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

Distance from Zigong

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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.