Climate averages 1991–2020

Gongzhuling weather
in March.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 5.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low -6.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 18 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gongzhuling · average highYear overview

March is a cold month in Gongzhuling: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Siping (52 km away). In March its highs average 5.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gongzhuling, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gongzhuling ranks joint 801st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 190th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Gongzhuling is 9.4°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 9.3°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gongzhuling climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gongzhuling, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -9.1°C-19.2°C-19.2°C4.91.59.39 h
February -3.5°C-14.7°C-14.7°C6.81.810.510 h
March, selected 5.0°C-6.4°C-6.4°C183.711.912 h
April 14.3°C1.8°C1.8°C315.513.413 h
May 21.3°C9.5°C9.5°C648.714.715 h
June 26.0°C15.8°C15.8°C10412.215.415 h
July 27.6°C19.4°C19.4°C17714.115.115 h
August 26.2°C18.2°C18.2°C15312.514.014 h
September 21.5°C11.7°C11.7°C587.812.613 h
October 13.2°C3.4°C3.4°C366.411.111 h
November 2.1°C-6.2°C-6.2°C204.69.710 h
December -6.7°C-15.9°C-15.9°C8.12.49.09 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

Distance from Gongzhuling

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gongzhuling) is explained once on the Gongzhuling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.