Turpan weather in March

In March, Turpan sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 2 mm of precipitation across 0.7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Turpan's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turpan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 2 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:24 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 62.5 µg/m³ · 2018

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Turpan reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 9°C warmer than February and about 10°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-1
2	8	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	10	0
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	2
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	16	5
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	18	7
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	19	8

How March really feels in Turpan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Turpan weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -9°	1	0.3	0.4	9.2	0.0
Feb	4° / -5°	2	0.6	0.7	10.2	0.3
Mar	13° / 3°	2	0.7	0.3	11.6	4.6
Apr	23° / 12°	4	1.3	0.1	13.1	8.2
May	29° / 18°	7	1.6	0	14.4	6.7
Jun	34° / 23°	9	2.2	0	15.1	3.8
Jul	35° / 26°	10	1.9	0	14.8	2.8
Aug	34° / 24°	7	1.2	0	13.8	3.8
Sep	28° / 18°	4	0.8	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	19° / 9°	5	1.3	0.1	10.8	7.5
Nov	8° / 0°	2	0.6	0.4	9.5	1.8
Dec	-1° / -7°	1	0.2	0.4	8.9	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62
Cloudier (%)	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Turpan gets around 2 mm of rain and snow over 0.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 3% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	2	2
2	2	2
3	2	2
4	2	2
5	2	2
6	2	2
7	2	2
8	2	2
9	2	2
10	2	2
11	2	1
12	2	1
13	2	1
14	2	1
15	3	1
16	3	1
17	3	1
18	3	1
19	3	1
20	3	1
21	3	1
22	3	1
23	3	1
24	3	0
25	3	0
26	3	0
27	3	0
28	3	0
29	3	0
30	3	0
31	3	0

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:20 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:50	5:44
2	10.9	6:48	5:45
3	11.0	6:46	5:46
4	11.0	6:45	5:47
5	11.1	6:43	5:49
6	11.1	6:41	5:50
7	11.2	6:40	5:51
8	11.2	6:38	5:52
9	11.3	6:36	5:54
10	11.3	6:34	5:55
11	11.4	6:33	5:56
12	11.4	6:31	5:57
13	11.5	6:29	5:58
14	11.5	6:27	6:00
15	11.6	6:26	6:01
16	11.6	6:24	6:02
17	11.7	6:22	6:03
18	11.7	6:20	6:04
19	11.8	6:18	6:06
20	11.8	6:17	6:07
21	11.9	6:15	6:08
22	11.9	6:13	6:09
23	12.0	6:11	6:10
24	12.0	6:09	6:12
25	12.1	6:08	6:13
26	12.1	6:06	6:14
27	12.2	6:04	6:15
28	12.2	6:02	6:16
29	12.3	6:00	6:18
30	12.3	5:58	6:19
31	12.4	5:57	6:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Turpan

In seasonPeak

None of Turpan's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Turpan sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Turpan?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Turpan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Turpan in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Turpan sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Turpan in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Turpan peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	5	8	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Turpan in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Turpan is worst in May — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 31 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Turpan's WHO annual average of 62.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	60	84	88	104	71	59	72	49	49	40	31
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	60	Unhealthy
Mar	84	Unhealthy
Apr	88	Unhealthy
May	104	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Turpan?

Turpan sits at 42.9°N, 89.2°E, 41 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Urumqi, 159 km away.

Topography around Turpan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Turpan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turpan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,479 m.

The land around Turpan is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

cropland 41%

16 km

636 m

bare terrain 66%

80 km

4,479 m

bare terrain 77%

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← February Turpan year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Urumqi 159 km · Dunhuang 552 km · Khovd 594 km · Zaysan 605 km · Ölgii 672 km · Altai 677 km · Maqanshy 707 km · Zharkent 751 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Turpan (42.9477°, 89.1789°, elevation 41 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-1
2	8	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	10	0
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	2
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	16	5
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	18	7
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	2	2
2	2	2
3	2	2
4	2	2
5	2	2
6	2	2
7	2	2
8	2	2
9	2	2
10	2	2
11	2	1
12	2	1
13	2	1
14	2	1
15	3	1
16	3	1
17	3	1
18	3	1
19	3	1
20	3	1
21	3	1
22	3	1
23	3	1
24	3	0
25	3	0
26	3	0
27	3	0
28	3	0
29	3	0
30	3	0
31	3	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-1
2	8	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	10	0
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	2
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	16	5
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	18	7
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	2	2
2	2	2
3	2	2
4	2	2
5	2	2
6	2	2
7	2	2
8	2	2
9	2	2
10	2	2
11	2	1
12	2	1
13	2	1
14	2	1
15	3	1
16	3	1
17	3	1
18	3	1
19	3	1
20	3	1
21	3	1
22	3	1
23	3	1
24	3	0
25	3	0
26	3	0
27	3	0
28	3	0
29	3	0
30	3	0
31	3	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-1
2	8	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	10	0
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	2
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	16	5
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	18	7
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	2	2
2	2	2
3	2	2
4	2	2
5	2	2
6	2	2
7	2	2
8	2	2
9	2	2
10	2	2
11	2	1
12	2	1
13	2	1
14	2	1
15	3	1
16	3	1
17	3	1
18	3	1
19	3	1
20	3	1
21	3	1
22	3	1
23	3	1
24	3	0
25	3	0
26	3	0
27	3	0
28	3	0
29	3	0
30	3	0
31	3	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100