Chongqing Weather in March
Chongqing in March
The short of it: Chongqing in March averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 11 h 55 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 12° · rain 41 mm · daylight 11 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
March in Chongqing brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 12°, with about 41 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 18°; nights run about 12°. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 55 min in mid-March, 49 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, Chongqing runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Huixing, 15 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Chongqing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuixingChongqing | 15 km NNE | 18° | 10° | 42 mm |
| ShuanglonghuChongqing | 18 km NNE | 18° | 10° | 42 mm |
| ShuangfengqiaoChongqing | 19 km NNE | 17° | 10° | 42 mm |
| JieshiChongqing | 20 km SSE | 18° | 11° | 41 mm |
| YudongChongqing | 20 km S | 18° | 11° | 40 mm |
| JiangbeiChongqing | 20 km NNE | 17° | 10° | 42 mm |
| BananChongqing | 20 km S | 18° | 11° | 40 mm |
| ShuituChongqing | 25 km NNW | 18° | 11° | 40 mm |