Climate averages 1991–2020
Chifeng weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Chifeng: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th 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 Wūdān (74 km away). In March its highs average 6.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Chifeng, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chifeng ranks 759th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 68th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Chifeng is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.7 mm to 22 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
Chifeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.7°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 41 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 27.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 72 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 107 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 69 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 37 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 9.1 | 2.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.29 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
- Wūdān in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Lingyuan in MarchChina · 120 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Chaoyang in MarchChina · 146 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Beipiao in MarchChina · 159 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Chengde in MarchChina · 169 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Nanpiao in MarchChina · 197 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Jinzhou in MarchChina · 222 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -2.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Fuxin in MarchChina · 224 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 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 Chifeng) is explained once on the Chifeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.