Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Gengqing: daytime highs average -10.3°C and nights cool to about -22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In February its highs average 4.5°C, 14.8°C warmer than Gengqing, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 879th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 364th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Gengqing is 19.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to -7.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 17 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 153 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -8.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 198 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -17.7°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Kangding in FebruaryChina · 380 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ya'an in FebruaryChina · 468 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in FebruaryChina · 520 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in FebruaryChina · 537 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Chengdu in FebruaryChina · 537 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Meishan in FebruaryChina · 539 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 32 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.