Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiyuan weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Jiyuan: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 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 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luoyang (48 km away). In March its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Jiyuan, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiyuan ranks joint 280th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 308th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jiyuan is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 40 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
Jiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 12 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 40 | 5.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 52 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 142 | 13.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 124 | 12.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 91 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 31 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 9.810 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
- Luoyang in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Jincheng in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Yima in MarchChina · 75 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 2.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MarchChina · 78 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Xinxiang in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MarchChina · 130 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.5°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 Jiyuan) is explained once on the Jiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.