Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumxuk weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tumxuk: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 6th 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 Aqsu (179 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Tumxuk, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tumxuk ranks joint 441st of 884 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Tumxuk is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.9 mm to 4.2 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
Tumxuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.6°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 15.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.8 | 2.0 | 14.915 h |
| July | 33.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 32.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 2.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.8 | 1.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.9°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 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
- Aqsu in MarchChina · 179 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Wensu in MarchChina · 185 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in MarchChina · 202 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Shache in MarchChina · 225 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Artux in MarchChina · 247 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Kashgar in MarchChina · 267 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Kageleke in MarchChina · 289 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Karakol in MarchKyrgyzstan · 297 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 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 Tumxuk) is explained once on the Tumxuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.