Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Changji: daytime highs average -2.1°C and nights cool to about -11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In February its highs average -3.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Changji, with 5.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks 792nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 155th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Changji is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 11.3°C to 9.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 6.7 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.09 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
- Wujiaqu in FebruaryChina · 24 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -13.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in FebruaryChina · 33 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in FebruaryChina · 106 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -12.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Turpan in FebruaryChina · 192 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Wusu in FebruaryChina · 215 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Karamay in FebruaryChina · 259 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -10.9°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Korla in FebruaryChina · 267 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 332 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.