Dunhuang climate

Dunhuang Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dunhuang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 8°C on March 1 to 17°C on March 31, and lows from -3°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunhuang, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
-1°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMar 19, 2009
Reanalysis low
-12°CMar 18, 1998
Daylight
11 h 18 min to 12 h 37 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
25%
Dew point
-14°C
Wind
13.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 18°C-3°C14°C 2018-5°C 19951%
Mar 28°C-3°C18°C 2018-7°C 20041%
Mar 39°C-3°C19°C 1993-7°C 20102%
Mar 49°C-2°C21°C 2013-7°C 20102%
Mar 59°C-2°C16°C 2006-6°C 20032%
Mar 69°C-2°C18°C 2013-6°C 19942%
Mar 710°C-2°C19°C 2013-8°C 20102%
Mar 810°C-2°C23°C 2004-9°C 20102%
Mar 910°C-2°C17°C 2018-7°C 20202%
Mar 1010°C-2°C22°C 1993-6°C 19952%
Mar 1111°C-2°C21°C 1992-6°C 20092%
Mar 1211°C-2°C23°C 1993-8°C 20062%
Mar 1311°C-1°C23°C 2018-9°C 20062%
Mar 1411°C-1°C20°C 2013-8°C 20111%
Mar 1512°C-1°C21°C 2014-8°C 19951%
Mar 1612°C-1°C22°C 2008-9°C 19951%
Mar 1712°C-1°C24°C 2016-9°C 19981%
Mar 1813°C-1°C23°C 2008-12°C 19981%
Mar 1913°C0°C28°C 2009-7°C 19981%
Mar 2013°C0°C23°C 2010-7°C 20111%
Mar 2114°C0°C19°C 1991-9°C 20111%
Mar 2214°C0°C20°C 2018-7°C 20111%
Mar 2315°C1°C23°C 2003-6°C 20171%
Mar 2415°C1°C23°C 2015-5°C 19991%
Mar 2515°C1°C24°C 2014-4°C 19991%
Mar 2615°C1°C23°C 2018-4°C 19991%
Mar 2716°C2°C26°C 2018-3°C 19991%
Mar 2816°C2°C25°C 2003-2°C 20042%
Mar 2916°C2°C25°C 2007-4°C 20102%
Mar 3017°C2°C26°C 2015-3°C 20082%
Mar 3117°C3°C24°C 2016-6°C 20102%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunhuang, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

March 1
sunrise 8:15 AM, sunset 7:33 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 8:04 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.