Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou weather
in March.
A cool, very 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 Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 4th 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 Xuanhua (25 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 720th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhangjiakou is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 26 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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 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
- Xuanhua in MarchChina · 25 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Changping in MarchChina · 131 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Mentougou in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MarchChina · 148 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MarchChina · 150 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Datong in MarchChina · 154 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Fangshan in MarchChina · 155 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Liangxiang in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 9.0 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.