Climate averages 1991–2020
Dandong weather
in March.
A cool, fairly 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 Dandong: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (45 km away). In March its highs average 8.3°C, about as warm as Dandong, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dandong ranks joint 751st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 353rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dandong is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 55 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
Dandong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 112 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 225 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in MarchChina · 45 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Kuandian in MarchChina · 74 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Xiuyan in MarchChina · 97 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Paek'ak in MarchNorth Korea · 127 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Gongchangling in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Benxi in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 27 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 Dandong) is explained once on the Dandong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.