Climate averages 1991–2020
Hechuan weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Hechuan: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beibei (25 km away). In February its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Hechuan, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hechuan ranks joint 180th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 501st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Hechuan is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 65 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
Hechuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 26 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 13.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 29 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 106 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 146 | 14.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 172 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 182 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 157 | 15.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 117 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 95 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 60 | 10.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 34 | 8.2 | 10.310 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
- Beibei in FebruaryChina · 25 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Bachuan in FebruaryChina · 26 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bishan in FebruaryChina · 44 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Zitong in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Huixing in FebruaryChina · 48 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Chongqing in FebruaryChina · 56 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Qinggang in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Longgang, China in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 29 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 Hechuan) is explained once on the Hechuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.