Climate averages 1991–2020
Lintong 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 Lintong: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 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 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (29 km away). In March its highs average 15.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Lintong, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lintong ranks joint 253rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 248th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lintong is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 34 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
Lintong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 6.0 | 2.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 21 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 34 | 5.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 50 | 6.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 62 | 6.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 98 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 90 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 54 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 8.0 | 2.3 | 9.910 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
- Xi’an in MarchChina · 29 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Weinan in MarchChina · 31 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Xianyang in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Tongchuan in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MarchChina · 78 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Huayin in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Shangluo in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Yongji in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 24 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 Lintong) is explained once on the Lintong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.