Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Tacheng: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly 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 Karamay (197 km away). In March its highs average 8.5°C, 2.4°C warmer than Tacheng, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 787th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 308th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Tacheng is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 34 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in MarchChina · 197 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Bole in MarchChina · 217 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Sarqant in MarchKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Wusu in MarchChina · 290 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ghulja in MarchChina · 340 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Huocheng in MarchChina · 341 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Qarasu in MarchChina · 345 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in MarchKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -10.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.