Climate averages 1991–2020
Qingnian weather
in March.
A mild, very 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 Qingnian: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th 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 Liaocheng (51 km away). In March its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Qingnian, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingnian ranks joint 383rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 87th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Qingnian is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 31 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
Qingnian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 4.0 | 1.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 9.0 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 31 | 4.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 47 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 64 | 7.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 168 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 139 | 11.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 52 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 17 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 9.710 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
- Liaocheng in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Nangong in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Yanta in MarchChina · 67 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Jizhou in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Yanggu in MarchChina · 81 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Dezhou in MarchChina · 89 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Pingyin in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Changqing in MarchChina · 96 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 17 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 Qingnian) is explained once on the Qingnian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.