Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiqihar weather
in March.
A cold, very 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 Qiqihar: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan Ergi (29 km away). In March its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Qiqihar, with 7.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiqihar ranks joint 831st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 24th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Qiqihar is 11.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.1°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 23 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
Qiqihar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.0°C-23.3°C | -23.3°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -6.7°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 3.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 7.3 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 23 | 4.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 | 10.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 129 | 13.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 98 | 10.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 55 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | -1.5°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 5.6 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| December | -11.3°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.59 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
- Hulan Ergi in MarchChina · 29 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -8.5°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Longjiang in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Fuyu (Heilongjiang), China in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Daqing in MarchChina · 115 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Zhalantun in MarchChina · 118 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -9.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Longfeng in MarchChina · 125 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -8.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Honggang in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -8.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Anda in MarchChina · 142 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 9.8 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 Qiqihar) is explained once on the Qiqihar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.