Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in March.
A cool, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 6th 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 Laojunmiao (262 km away). In March its highs average 5.8°C, 8.0°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks joint 562nd of 884 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dunhuang is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 2.2 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
Dunhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 13.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 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
- Laojunmiao in MarchChina · 262 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in MarchChina · 309 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Hami in MarchChina · 312 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Jiuquan in MarchChina · 330 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Zhangye in MarchChina · 513 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Turpan in MarchChina · 552 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 672 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 706 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.