Climate averages 1991–2020

Linkou weather
in March.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 2.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low -9.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 19 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Linkou · average highYear overview

March is a cold month in Linkou: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 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 Didao (45 km away). In March its highs average 2.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Linkou, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Linkou ranks joint 853rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Linkou is 12.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 10.0°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 39 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Linkou climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Linkou, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -11.8°C-23.0°C-23.0°C5.91.39.29 h
February -6.5°C-19.3°C-19.3°C6.01.910.410 h
March, selected 2.0°C-9.7°C-9.7°C194.611.912 h
April 12.0°C-0.7°C-0.7°C398.013.513 h
May 18.7°C5.8°C5.8°C7512.414.815 h
June 23.8°C12.8°C12.8°C8413.815.616 h
July 26.1°C16.7°C16.7°C11714.015.315 h
August 24.5°C15.8°C15.8°C11613.514.114 h
September 19.6°C9.1°C9.1°C619.012.613 h
October 10.8°C0.5°C0.5°C417.211.011 h
November -0.3°C-8.9°C-8.9°C194.29.610 h
December -9.8°C-19.3°C-19.3°C8.22.68.89 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

Distance from Linkou

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Linkou) is explained once on the Linkou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.