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Hangzhou in March

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Hangzhou is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Hangzhou is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
11h 57mon average

Is March a good time to visit Hangzhou?

March sits outside Hangzhou's best months, which run from October. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in March, against 51°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in March, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in March, against 24% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in March, against 34% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

11h 57m in March, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February53°12°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March61°16°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April72°22°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Hangzhou sits, in March

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:11 AMsets 6:07 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai163 km north-east

The land around Hangzhou, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Hangzhou

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hangzhou. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.