Climate averages 1991–2020
Changsha weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Changsha: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangtan (39 km away). In February its highs average 12.6°C, about as warm as Changsha, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changsha ranks joint 250th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 848th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Changsha is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 180 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Changsha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 74 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 12.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 180 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 236 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 275 | 16.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 299 | 17.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 181 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 127 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 85 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 64 | 8.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 75 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xiangtan in FebruaryChina · 39 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in FebruaryChina · 44 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Shaoshan in FebruaryChina · 54 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Guankou in FebruaryChina · 64 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in FebruaryChina · 67 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Heshan in FebruaryChina · 74 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Xishan in FebruaryChina · 79 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Pingxiang in FebruaryChina · 108 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 90 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 Changsha) is explained once on the Changsha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.