Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiayuguan weather
in February.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Jiayuguan: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiuquan (21 km away). In February its highs average 1.4°C, about as warm as Jiayuguan, with 2.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiayuguan ranks joint 750th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 42nd of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jiayuguan is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 8.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 3.2 mm to 9.8 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
Jiayuguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 1.4°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.8°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 9.49 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
- Jiuquan in FebruaryChina · 21 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 2.3 mm precipitation
- Laojunmiao in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.5°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Zhangye in FebruaryChina · 210 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Dunhuang in FebruaryChina · 309 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Jinchang in FebruaryChina · 367 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -8.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Wuwei in FebruaryChina · 431 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.6°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Qiaotou in FebruaryChina · 435 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.7 mm precipitation
- Xining in FebruaryChina · 466 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 5.0 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 Jiayuguan) is explained once on the Jiayuguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.