Chengdu in March: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, March in Chengdu has run 10.2–19.0°C with about 48 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Chengdu is actually having, today.
Grow one in Chengdu's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in March in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 7, first autumn frost around Dec 16 — roughly 313 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 5.3 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.4°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-March, then adding up the warmth Chengdu usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥬 Napa cabbage | 58 | May 11 |
| 🥬 Cauliflower | 64 | May 17 |
| 🫘 Broad bean | 61 | May 14 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 60 | May 13 |
| 🫛 Peas | 50 | May 3 |
| 🥗 Lettuce | 47 | Apr 30 |
| 🧅 Leek | 74 | May 27 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 39 | Apr 22 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 52 | May 5 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 50 | May 3 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 53 | May 6 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 54 | May 7 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🥬 Napa cabbage about 82 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cauliflower about 90 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫘 Broad bean about 82 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 83 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Peas about 66 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥗 Lettuce about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 109 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 50 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 68 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 66 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 71 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 79 days to harvest Recent mean 14.6°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 14.6°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Recent mean 14.6°C is too cold (ideal 18–32°C)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Recent mean 14.6°C is too cold (ideal 18–32°C)
Other months in Chengdu
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Chengdu, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.