Climate averages 1991–2020
Shanhaiguan weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Shanhaiguan: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 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 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qinhuangdao (16 km away). In March its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Shanhaiguan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanhaiguan ranks joint 728th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 99th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shanhaiguan is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 29 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
Shanhaiguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 147 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 9.49 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
- Qinhuangdao in MarchChina · 16 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Xingcheng in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in MarchChina · 115 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Linxi in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Huludao in MarchChina · 124 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Lianshan in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Tangshan in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 11 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 Shanhaiguan) is explained once on the Shanhaiguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.