Climate averages 1991–2020
Salaqi 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 Salaqi: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (26 km away). In March its highs average 6.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Salaqi, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Salaqi ranks 726th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 164th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Salaqi is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 25 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
Salaqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 8.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 25 | 3.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 35 | 4.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 101 | 9.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 94 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 68 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.1°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.5°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.39 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
- Shiguai in MarchChina · 26 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Baotou in MarchChina · 58 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dongsheng in MarchChina · 93 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Hohhot in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ordos in MarchChina · 121 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MarchChina · 212 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MarchChina · 224 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MarchChina · 226 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 12 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 Salaqi) is explained once on the Salaqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.