Gengqing Weather in March
Gengqing in March
The short of it: Gengqing in March averages a high of 9 °C (47 °F) and a low of -7 °C (19 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 11 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low -7° · rain 12 mm · daylight 11 h 54 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Gengqing an average March high of 9°, a low of -7° and some 12 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 9°, nights near -7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 54 min in mid-March, 53 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Gengqing runs about middling and about as wet in March. Qamdo, 153 km to the WSW, is 3° warmer by day.
March in Gengqing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QamdoTibet | 153 km WSW | 12° | -4° | 10 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 198 km NW | 6° | -9° | 10 mm |
| MuxiheGansu | 330 km NE | 4° | -13° | 16 mm |
| Maqin CountyQinghai | 334 km NNE | 5° | -11° | 10 mm |
| BarkamSichuan | 344 km E | 12° | -4° | 21 mm |
| DaochengJiangsu | 350 km SSE | 9° | -8° | 19 mm |
| Oula XiumaGansu | 359 km NE | 4° | -12° | 14 mm |
| QihamaGansu | 363 km ENE | 6° | -9° | 18 mm |