Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulanqab weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Ulanqab: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Beichengqu (62 km away). In March its highs average 7.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Ulanqab, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ulanqab ranks joint 797th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 99th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Ulanqab is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.8°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 24 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
Ulanqab climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 5.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 24 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 10 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -4.9°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.39 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
- Beichengqu in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Datong in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Hohhot in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Xuanhua in MarchChina · 168 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MarchChina · 196 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -4.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Salaqi in MarchChina · 226 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -4.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Shiguai in MarchChina · 242 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 14 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 Ulanqab) is explained once on the Ulanqab year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.