Lop Weather in March
Lop in March
The short of it: Lop in March averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 11 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 11 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Lop an average March high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 2.0 mm of rain. Highs rise 10° against February, to near 16°; nights run about 4°. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 51 min in mid-March, 65 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Lop runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Gujangbagh, 22 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
March in Lop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 10° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 8° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GujangbaghXinjiang | 22 km W | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| BageqiXinjiang | 32 km WNW | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| Ying'airikeXinjiang | 32 km NW | 17° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| BuzhakeXinjiang | 34 km W | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| Ying’awatiXinjiang | 40 km NW | 17° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| LaykaXinjiang | 40 km W | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| JiahanbageXinjiang | 44 km WNW | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| AkesalayiXinjiang | 45 km WNW | 16° | 4° | 2.0 mm |