Climate averages 1991–2020
Shitanjing weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Shitanjing: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 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 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (28 km away). In March its highs average 11.6°C, 2.3°C warmer than Shitanjing, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shitanjing ranks joint 714th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Shitanjing is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 12 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
Shitanjing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 5.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.59 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
- Shizuishan in MarchChina · 28 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Huinong in MarchChina · 37 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Wuda in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Wuhai in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in MarchChina · 73 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Xigang in MarchChina · 76 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Yinchuan in MarchChina · 85 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Wuzhong in MarchChina · 139 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 7.5 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 Shitanjing) is explained once on the Shitanjing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.