Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in March.
A cool, very 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 Zhangye: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th 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 Jinchang (159 km away). In March its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Zhangye, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 698th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Zhangye is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.2 mm to 7.4 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 159 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jiuquan in MarchChina · 189 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in MarchChina · 210 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Wuwei in MarchChina · 220 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 247 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in MarchChina · 254 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Xining in MarchChina · 281 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Nianbo in MarchChina · 323 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 20 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.