Climate averages 1991–2020

Chuxiong weather
in February.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 19.4°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 7.3°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 16 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chuxiong · average highYear overview

February is a mild month in Chuxiong: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Longquan (74 km away). In February its highs average 20.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chuxiong, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chuxiong ranks joint 88th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 339th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Chuxiong is 10.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 23 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. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Chuxiong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chuxiong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.5°C5.7°C5.7°C263.710.811 h
February, selected 19.4°C7.3°C7.3°C163.311.311 h
March 23.1°C10.4°C10.4°C234.212.012 h
April 25.7°C13.1°C13.1°C396.112.713 h
May 26.3°C15.5°C15.5°C8910.613.313 h
June 25.6°C17.4°C17.4°C16618.313.714 h
July 24.4°C17.4°C17.4°C21824.313.514 h
August 24.3°C17.0°C17.0°C18723.513.013 h
September 23.0°C15.9°C15.9°C12618.912.312 h
October 20.9°C13.5°C13.5°C8213.111.612 h
November 18.5°C9.3°C9.3°C314.810.911 h
December 16.1°C6.3°C6.3°C163.410.611 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

Distance from Chuxiong

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 Chuxiong) is explained once on the Chuxiong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.