Climate averages 1991–2020
Wayaobu weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Wayaobu: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yan’an (62 km away). In March its highs average 12.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Wayaobu, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wayaobu ranks joint 666th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 190th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Wayaobu is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 36 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
Wayaobu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 11.7°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 116 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 136 | 11.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.1°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.710 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
- Yan’an in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low -0.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Lüliang in MarchChina · 138 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinzhi in MarchChina · 195 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Hancheng in MarchChina · 199 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MarchChina · 200 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Linfen in MarchChina · 203 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MarchChina · 235 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 22 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 Wayaobu) is explained once on the Wayaobu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.