Climate averages 1991–2020
Beichengqu weather
in March.
A cold, fairly 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 cold month in Beichengqu: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly 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 Datong (40 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Beichengqu, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Beichengqu ranks joint 760th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Beichengqu is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 28 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
Beichengqu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.1°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 7.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 28 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 6.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 64 | 10.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 104 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.9°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 13 | 3.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.5°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 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
- Datong in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Hohhot in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in MarchChina · 150 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Xuanhua in MarchChina · 163 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Yuanping in MarchChina · 195 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Salaqi in MarchChina · 224 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -4.7°C · 16 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 Beichengqu) is explained once on the Beichengqu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.