Chengdu Weather in March
Chengdu in March
The short of it: Chengdu in March averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 11 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 23 mm · daylight 11 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
March in Chengdu brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 10°, with about 23 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 18°; nights run about 10°. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 54 min in mid-March, 51 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Chengdu runs about middling and drier than most in March. Tianpeng, 38 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
March in Chengdu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TianpengSichuan | 38 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 24 mm |
| DeyangSichuan | 60 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 22 mm |
| LinqiongSichuan | 64 km WSW | 18° | 10° | 39 mm |
| MeishanSichuan | 73 km SSW | 18° | 10° | 36 mm |
| Mianzhu, Deyang, SichuanSichuan | 76 km N | 17° | 8° | 22 mm |
| LuojiangSichuan | 82 km NNE | 17° | 8° | 21 mm |
| ZiyangSichuan | 82 km SE | 18° | 10° | 28 mm |
| MianyangSichuan | 107 km NNE | 17° | 8° | 20 mm |