Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in March.
A cool, fairly 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 cool month in Xining: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Qiaotou (35 km away). In March its highs average 6.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Xining, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks 727th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Xining is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 30 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
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 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
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Nianbo in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MarchChina · 126 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Wuwei in MarchChina · 164 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in MarchChina · 173 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Lanzhou in MarchChina · 197 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 212 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Baiyin in MarchChina · 216 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 9.5 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 Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.