Climate averages 1991–2020
Yan’an 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 Yan’an: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Wayaobu (62 km away). In March its highs average 11.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Yan’an, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yan’an ranks joint 635th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 248th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Yan’an is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Yan’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 38 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 46 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 133 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Wayaobu in MarchChina · 62 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Hancheng in MarchChina · 152 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MarchChina · 173 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Lüliang in MarchChina · 179 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MarchChina · 189 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Linfen in MarchChina · 190 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Qingyang in MarchChina · 193 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Tongchuan in MarchChina · 195 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.6°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 Yan’an) is explained once on the Yan’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.