Climate averages 1991–2020
Donghe weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Donghe: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangyuan (51 km away). In February its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Donghe, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghe ranks joint 282nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 552nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Donghe is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 54 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
Donghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 11.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 315 | 22.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 217 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 119 | 14.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 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
- Guangyuan in FebruaryChina · 51 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Bazhong in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in FebruaryChina · 109 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Hanzhong in FebruaryChina · 115 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Chenggu in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Dazhou in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Jiangyou in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Xixiang in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 25 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 Donghe) is explained once on the Donghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.