Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ankang: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In March its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Ankang, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 467th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Ankang is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xixiang in MarchChina · 122 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Chengxiang in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Shangluo in MarchChina · 157 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Shiyan in MarchChina · 165 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Chenggu in MarchChina · 166 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Xi’an in MarchChina · 176 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MarchChina · 178 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Xianyang in MarchChina · 187 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 34 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 Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.