Climate averages 1991–2020
Lanzhou weather
in March.
A cool, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Lanzhou: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th 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 Baiyin (62 km away). In March its highs average 10.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Lanzhou, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lanzhou ranks joint 629th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lanzhou is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 24 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
Lanzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 4.2 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 5.8 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.8°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 13 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 24 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 12.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 100 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 41 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 9.810 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
- Baiyin in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Dingxi in MarchChina · 89 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Nianbo in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MarchChina · 175 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Luomen in MarchChina · 180 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Pan’an in MarchChina · 185 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Xinxing in MarchChina · 196 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 27 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 Lanzhou) is explained once on the Lanzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.