Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingliang weather
in March.
A cool, fairly 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 Pingliang: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Guyuan (64 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Pingliang, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingliang ranks joint 681st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 387th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Pingliang is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 44 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
Pingliang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 8.3 | 2.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 31 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 79 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 13.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 | 12.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 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
- Guyuan in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Qingyang in MarchChina · 89 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Xingguo in MarchChina · 119 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Beidao in MarchChina · 130 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Tianshui in MarchChina · 137 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Baoji in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Guozhen in MarchChina · 144 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Xinxing in MarchChina · 150 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 Pingliang) is explained once on the Pingliang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.