Climate averages 1991–2020
Cao Bằng weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cao Bằng: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Pingxiang, China (81 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Cao Bằng, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Cao Bằng ranks joint 133rd of 136 for the warmest March highs and 130th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Cao Bằng is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 111 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
Cao Bằng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 13.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 53 | 11.6 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 22.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 89 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 111 | 17.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 213 | 22.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 293 | 25.2 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 302 | 26.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 268 | 24.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 87 | 12.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 50 | 9.4 | 10.811 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
- Pingxiang, China in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Lạng Sơn in MarchVietnam · 104 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Chongzuo in MarchChina · 118 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Thái Nguyên in MarchVietnam · 126 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Thị Trấn Đại Từ in MarchVietnam · 131 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Thành phố Sông Công in MarchVietnam · 139 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Baise in MarchChina · 141 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in MarchVietnam · 142 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 54 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 Cao Bằng) is explained once on the Cao Bằng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.