Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiguai 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 Shiguai: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very 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 Salaqi (26 km away). In March its highs average 8.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Shiguai, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiguai ranks joint 773rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 131st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shiguai is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 22 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
Shiguai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-16.2°C | -16.2°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.3°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 5.8 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 6.7°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 22 | 3.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 33 | 5.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.4°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.9°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 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
- Salaqi in MarchChina · 26 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -4.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Baotou in MarchChina · 38 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dongsheng in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Hohhot in MarchChina · 116 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ordos in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MarchChina · 239 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MarchChina · 242 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MarchChina · 244 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 15 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 Shiguai) is explained once on the Shiguai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.