Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongming weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Chongming: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huilong (22 km away). In February its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Chongming, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chongming ranks joint 535th of 884 for the warmest February highs and 739th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Chongming is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 105 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
Chongming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 8.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 69 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 105 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 17.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 106 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 22.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 122 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 25.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 255 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 153 | 12.4 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 153 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 111 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 66 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.110 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
- Huilong in FebruaryChina · 22 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Chengqiao in FebruaryChina · 29 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Baoshan in FebruaryChina · 30 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Yanghang in FebruaryChina · 37 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Luodian in FebruaryChina · 41 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Yangpu in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Shanghai in FebruaryChina · 50 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Jiading in FebruaryChina · 50 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 60 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 Chongming) is explained once on the Chongming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.