Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami 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 Hami: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th 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 Dunhuang (312 km away). In March its highs average 13.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hami, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 639th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hami is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.8°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 4.4 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in MarchChina · 312 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Turpan in MarchChina · 353 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in MarchChina · 486 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MarchChina · 490 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MarchChina · 505 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Changji in MarchChina · 517 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in MarchChina · 522 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Jiuquan in MarchChina · 542 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 7.4 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.