Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangshan 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 Tangshan: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 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 Zhaogezhuang (24 km away). In March its highs average 11.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Tangshan, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tangshan ranks joint 654th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 87th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Tangshan is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 30 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
Tangshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 12.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 9.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 191 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 143 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 58 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 37 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 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
- Zhaogezhuang in MarchChina · 24 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Linxi in MarchChina · 24 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in MarchChina · 25 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Hangu in MarchChina · 55 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Tanggu in MarchChina · 83 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Xianshuigu in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Sanhe in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Tianjin in MarchChina · 103 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 9.9 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 Tangshan) is explained once on the Tangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.