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Shanghai in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Shanghai is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Shanghai is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
11h 56mon average

Is March a good time to visit Shanghai?

March sits outside Shanghai's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect cool 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 59°F in March, against 50°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in March, against 10°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in March, against 20% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in March, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

11h 56m in March, against 10h 09m to 14h 09m 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. February52°11°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March59°15°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April69°21°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Shanghai sits, in March

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:06 AMsets 6:02 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
31.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hangzhou163 km south-west

The land around Shanghai, 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 Shanghai

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Shanghai. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.