Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 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 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In March its highs average 8.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks joint 781st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 341st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Qiaotou is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 42 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
Qiaotou 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-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.7°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 8.7 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 6.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 16.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 100 | 16.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 112 | 17.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 18.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 122 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 10.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 4.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | -0.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.710 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
- Xining in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Nianbo in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Wuwei in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 180 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 202 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Lanzhou in MarchChina · 217 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Baiyin in MarchChina · 227 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 9.5 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 Qiaotou) is explained once on the Qiaotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.