Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Turpan: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In March its highs average 7.4°C, 8.3°C cooler than Turpan, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks joint 360th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Turpan is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.6°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.3 mm to 4.3 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
Turpan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 15.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 36.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 38.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.19 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
- Ürümqi in MarchChina · 159 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MarchChina · 190 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Changji in MarchChina · 192 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Korla in MarchChina · 282 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Shihezi in MarchChina · 294 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Hami in MarchChina · 353 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Wusu in MarchChina · 398 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Karamay in MarchChina · 450 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 5.9 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 Turpan) is explained once on the Turpan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.