Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiexiu weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Jiexiu: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 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 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhi (61 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Jiexiu, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiexiu ranks joint 625th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 164th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jiexiu is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Jiexiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 3.8 | 1.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 7.2 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 39 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 8.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 116 | 13.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 116 | 12.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 3.6 | 1.4 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xinzhi in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Lüliang in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Jinzhong in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Linfen in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MarchChina · 170 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Yangquan in MarchChina · 173 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 18 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 Jiexiu) is explained once on the Jiexiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.