Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Datong: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a very 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 Beichengqu (40 km away). In March its highs average 7.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Datong, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks joint 728th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 131st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Datong is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 27 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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Beichengqu in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MarchChina · 114 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in MarchChina · 154 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Hohhot in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Yuanping in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Xuanhua in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MarchChina · 193 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 15 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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.