Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiayuguan weather
in March.
A cool, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Jiayuguan: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiuquan (21 km away). In March its highs average 8.3°C, about as warm as Jiayuguan, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiayuguan ranks joint 728th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 70th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jiayuguan is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.8 mm to 8.5 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
Jiayuguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.8°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 9.49 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
- Jiuquan in MarchChina · 21 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhangye in MarchChina · 210 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Dunhuang in MarchChina · 309 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 367 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Wuwei in MarchChina · 431 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 435 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Xining in MarchChina · 466 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 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 Jiayuguan) is explained once on the Jiayuguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.