Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in March.
A cool, very 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 Karamay: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th 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 Wusu (129 km away). In March its highs average 6.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Karamay, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks 733rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Karamay is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 11.7°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.9 mm to 13 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
Karamay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | -2.9°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 8.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 5.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 15 | 4.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 4.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 18 | 6.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 6.1 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 8.89 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
- Wusu in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Shihezi in MarchChina · 169 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Tacheng in MarchChina · 197 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Bole in MarchChina · 234 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Changji in MarchChina · 259 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MarchChina · 261 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MarchChina · 273 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MarchChina · 292 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 25 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 Karamay) is explained once on the Karamay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.