Climate averages 1991–2020

Bayan Hot weather
in February.

A cold, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 2.3°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -6.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 3.1 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bayan Hot · average highYear overview

February is a cold month in Bayan Hot: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (64 km away). In February its highs average 4.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Bayan Hot, with 2.6 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bayan Hot ranks joint 728th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 36th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Bayan Hot is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.1 mm to 8.5 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bayan Hot climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bayan Hot, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -2.4°C-10.6°C-10.6°C1.50.59.810 h
February, selected 2.3°C-6.9°C-6.9°C3.11.010.711 h
March 9.3°C-0.9°C-0.9°C8.52.311.912 h
April 17.1°C5.6°C5.6°C143.413.213 h
May 22.5°C11.1°C11.1°C315.114.314 h
June 27.2°C16.5°C16.5°C436.914.815 h
July 28.7°C18.7°C18.7°C7610.514.615 h
August 26.7°C17.1°C17.1°C7210.513.714 h
September 21.5°C12.1°C12.1°C518.212.512 h
October 14.5°C5.4°C5.4°C183.711.211 h
November 6.0°C-2.0°C-2.0°C5.21.710.110 h
December -1.2°C-9.0°C-9.0°C1.30.39.510 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Bayan Hot

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bayan Hot) is explained once on the Bayan Hot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.