Climate averages 1991–2020

Xincheng weather
in March.

A cool, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, March

Average low -0.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 4.7 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a cool month in Xincheng: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Ālā'ĕr (191 km away). In March its highs average 15.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Xincheng, with 1.6 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xincheng ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xincheng is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 7.6 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xincheng climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xincheng, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-1.0°C-11.3°C	-11.3°C	1.6	0.6	9.510 h
February	4.9°C-7.1°C	-7.1°C	5.1	1.5	10.611 h
March, selected	13.7°C-0.4°C	-0.4°C	4.7	1.5	11.912 h
April	22.2°C7.6°C	7.6°C	7.6	2.0	13.313 h
May	27.2°C13.5°C	13.5°C	12	2.7	14.515 h
June	31.3°C18.0°C	18.0°C	13	3.9	15.115 h
July	33.1°C20.2°C	20.2°C	13	3.8	14.915 h
August	31.7°C18.9°C	18.9°C	13	3.6	13.914 h
September	26.6°C13.6°C	13.6°C	10	2.8	12.513 h
October	18.3°C5.4°C	5.4°C	8.0	1.7	11.111 h
November	8.4°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	5.6	1.4	9.910 h
December	0.3°C-8.9°C	-8.9°C	1.8	0.5	9.29 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

Distance from Xincheng

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xincheng) is explained once on the Xincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.