Climate averages 1991–2020

Zitong weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 51 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Zitong: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th 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 Bachuan (42 km away). In March its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Zitong, with 67 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zitong ranks joint 185th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 505th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zitong is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 92 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

Zitong climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Zitong, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	11.0°C4.5°C	4.5°C	23	6.9	10.410 h
February	13.5°C6.3°C	6.3°C	26	6.9	11.111 h
March, selected	17.8°C9.7°C	9.7°C	51	11.0	12.012 h
April	23.0°C14.2°C	14.2°C	92	12.2	12.913 h
May	26.3°C18.1°C	18.1°C	121	14.0	13.714 h
June	28.8°C21.4°C	21.4°C	171	14.6	14.114 h
July	31.6°C24.3°C	24.3°C	196	16.6	13.914 h
August	31.7°C24.3°C	24.3°C	169	15.2	13.213 h
September	27.0°C20.5°C	20.5°C	121	13.7	12.412 h
October	21.5°C15.8°C	15.8°C	92	14.9	11.511 h
November	17.2°C11.0°C	11.0°C	51	9.1	10.711 h
December	12.2°C6.2°C	6.2°C	28	7.1	10.210 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 Zitong

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