Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in March.
A cool, very dry 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 cool month in Changji: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In March its highs average 9.2°C, about as warm as Changji, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 716th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Changji is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.3°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 26 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
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.09 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
- Wujiaqu in MarchChina · 24 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MarchChina · 33 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Shihezi in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Turpan in MarchChina · 192 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Wusu in MarchChina · 215 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Karamay in MarchChina · 259 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Korla in MarchChina · 267 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MarchChina · 332 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 37 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 Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.