The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities in China. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: North China, Northeast China, East China, South Central China, Southwest China and Northwest China.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of long-term historical weather data.
North China
Average monthly precipitation in March
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
2 |
Beijing |
Beijing |
0.4 |
9 |
1 |
Hailar |
Inner Mongolia |
0.2 |
4 |
– |
Hohhot |
Inner Mongolia |
0.4 |
9 |
– |
Shijiazhuang |
Hebei |
0.5 |
12 |
3 |
Taiyuan |
Shanxi |
0.4 |
11 |
3 |
Tianjin |
Tianjin |
0.4 |
9 |
Northeast China
March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
– |
Changchun |
Jilin |
0.4 |
11 |
– |
Dalian |
Liaoning |
0.5 |
13 |
– |
Harbin |
Heilongjiang |
0.4 |
10 |
1 |
Qiqihar |
Heilongjiang |
0.2 |
5 |
3 |
Shenyang |
Liaoning |
0.6 |
16 |
East China
Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
– |
Fuzhou |
Fujian |
5.2 |
131 |
14 | Ganzhou |
Jiangxi |
6.3 |
161 |
– |
Hangzhou |
Zhejiang |
4.5 |
115 |
– |
Hefei |
Anhui |
2.7 |
68 |
– |
Jinan |
Shandong |
0.6 |
15 |
14 |
Nanchang |
Jiangxi |
5.9 |
151 |
11 |
Nanjing |
Jiangsu |
2.7 |
69 |
– |
Ningbo |
Zhejiang |
4.1 |
104 |
3 |
Qingdao |
Shandong |
0.8 |
21 |
9 |
Shanghai |
Shanghai |
3.2 |
81 |
– |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
8.3 |
212 |
– |
Xiamen |
Fujian |
3.9 |
99 |
South Central China
Precipitation totals for March
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
– |
Changsha |
Hunan |
5.5 |
139 |
10 |
Guangzhou |
Guangdong |
3.4 |
85 |
– |
Guilin |
Guangxi |
5.1 |
129 |
6 |
Haikou |
Hainan Island |
2.0 |
51 |
6 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
2.6 |
67 |
12 |
Macau |
Macau |
3.1 |
78 |
8 |
Nanning |
Guangxi |
2.0 |
50 |
7 |
Shantou |
Guangdong |
3.2 |
82 |
13 |
Wuhan |
Hubei |
3.6 |
92 |
4 |
Zhengzhou |
Henan |
1.0 |
25 |
Southwest China
Total precipitation during March
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
6 |
Chengdu |
Sichuan |
0.8 |
21 |
11 | Chongqing | Chongqing |
1.5 |
37 |
– |
Guiyang |
Guizhou |
1.3 |
32 |
3 |
Kunming |
Yunnan |
0.6 |
16 |
Northwest China
Average monthly precipitation in March
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
2 |
Altay |
Xinjiang |
0.3 |
9 |
1 |
Jiuquan |
Gansu |
0.2 |
4 |
1 |
Kashi |
Xinjiang |
0.2 |
6 |
2 |
Lanzhou |
Gansu |
0.4 |
9 |
0 |
Ruoqiang |
Xinjiang |
0.0 |
1 |
– |
Urumqi |
Xinjiang |
0.7 |
18 |
4 |
Xi'an |
Shaanxi |
1.0 |
26 |
– |
Xining |
Quinghai |
0.2 |
6 |
1 | Yinchuan |
Ningxia |
0.2 |
6 |