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Beijing in March

Cool and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Beijing is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Beijing is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is March a good time to visit Beijing?

March sits outside Beijing's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in March, against 38°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in March, against 3°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in March, against 4% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in March, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in March, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February44°7°low 21°low -6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March58°14°low 30°low -1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April72°22°low 44°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Beijing sits, in March

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:28 AMsets 6:20 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai1068 km south-east

The land around Beijing, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Beijing

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beijing. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.