Climate averages 1991–2020
Huocheng weather
in March.
A cool, fairly 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 Huocheng: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about -1.9°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 5th 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 Ghulja (39 km away). In March its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Huocheng, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huocheng ranks 690th 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; Huocheng is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 25 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
Huocheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.8°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 11.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 15 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 5.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 26 | 5.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 22 | 4.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.3°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 13 | 4.1 | 9.09 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
- Ghulja in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Qarasu in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bole in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Sarqant in MarchKazakhstan · 169 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MarchChina · 203 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in MarchKazakhstan · 225 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Karakol in MarchKyrgyzstan · 265 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Wusu in MarchChina · 306 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 22 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 Huocheng) is explained once on the Huocheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.