Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In February its highs average 19.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Jianshui, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 129th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 625th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jianshui is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 61 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February, selected | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in FebruaryChina · 90 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Longquan in FebruaryChina · 105 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Lincang in FebruaryChina · 123 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Yuxi in FebruaryChina · 134 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in FebruaryChina · 139 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Ning’er in FebruaryChina · 139 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Micheng in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Anning in FebruaryChina · 146 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 21 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.