Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Gengqing: daytime highs average -7.4°C and nights cool to about -18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In March its highs average 6.7°C, 14.1°C warmer than Gengqing, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 387th of 884 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Gengqing is 21.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to -2.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 mm to 52 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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in MarchChina · 153 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in MarchChina · 198 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -13.6°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kangding in MarchChina · 380 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Ya'an in MarchChina · 468 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MarchChina · 520 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in MarchChina · 537 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Chengdu in MarchChina · 537 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Meishan in MarchChina · 539 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 39 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.