Climate averages 1991–2020
Jilin 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 Jilin: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Jishu (56 km away). In March its highs average 3.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Jilin, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jilin ranks 818th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 353rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jilin is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.6°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 44 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
Jilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.0°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | -4.7°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 12 | 3.1 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 3.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 26 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 44 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 80 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 115 | 14.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 195 | 16.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 170 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 74 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 51 | 8.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 1.7°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | -7.5°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 14 | 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
- Jishu in MarchChina · 56 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -8.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Jiaohe in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Jiutai in MarchChina · 68 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Shulan in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -8.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Huadian in MarchChina · 98 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -7.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Changchun in MarchChina · 99 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Dehui in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Panshi in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 28 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 Jilin) is explained once on the Jilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.