Shitan Weather in March
Shitan in March
The short of it: Shitan in March averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 43 mm · daylight 11 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Shitan an average March high of 15°, a low of 8° and some 43 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 15°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 55 min in mid-March, 48 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Shitan runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Jielong, 13 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
March in Shitan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JielongChongqing | 13 km NW | 17° | 10° | 42 mm |
| SanjiaoChongqing | 20 km SW | 17° | 10° | 41 mm |
| NanchuanChongqing | 21 km E | 16° | 9° | 44 mm |
| WanshengChongqing | 24 km S | 17° | 10° | 41 mm |
| NantongChongqing | 26 km S | 17° | 10° | 41 mm |
| GunanChongqing | 29 km SW | 18° | 11° | 40 mm |
| NanpengChongqing | 29 km NW | 18° | 11° | 41 mm |
| ShijiaoChongqing | 31 km SSW | 17° | 10° | 40 mm |