Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 434th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Ālā'ĕr is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ālā'ĕr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 15.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 3.0 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Aqsu in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Wensu in MarchChina · 119 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Xincheng in MarchChina · 191 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Tumxuk in MarchChina · 202 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Karakol in MarchKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MarchChina · 360 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Ghulja in MarchChina · 375 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Kageleke in MarchChina · 388 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ālā'ĕr) is explained once on the Ālā'ĕr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.