Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin 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.
March is a cold month in Harbin: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 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 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In March its highs average 3.1°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 826th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Harbin is 11.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.2°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 30 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
Harbin 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-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
- Hulan in MarchChina · 17 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -8.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Acheng in MarchChina · 33 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -9.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -8.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Zhaodong in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Wuchang in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -9.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Suihua in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Jilin), China in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 17 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 Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.