Climate averages 1991–2020
Gantang weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Gantang: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yongfeng (19 km away). In February its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Gantang, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gantang ranks joint 277th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 780th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Gantang is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 147 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
Gantang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 11.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 77 | 12.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 147 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 195 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 249 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 301 | 18.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 191 | 14.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 140 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 84 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 71 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 48 | 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
- Yongfeng in FebruaryChina · 19 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Loudi in FebruaryChina · 33 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Shaoyang in FebruaryChina · 55 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in FebruaryChina · 60 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in FebruaryChina · 64 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Shangmei in FebruaryChina · 75 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Shaoshan in FebruaryChina · 76 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Hengyang in FebruaryChina · 88 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 82 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 Gantang) is explained once on the Gantang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.