Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiexiu weather
in February.
A cold, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Jiexiu: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhi (61 km away). In February its highs average 8.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Jiexiu, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiexiu ranks joint 599th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 170th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jiexiu is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.2 mm to 16 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
Jiexiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 3.8 | 1.3 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 7.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 7.2 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 39 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 8.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 116 | 13.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 116 | 12.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 3.6 | 1.4 | 9.710 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
- Xinzhi in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Lüliang in FebruaryChina · 87 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Jinzhong in FebruaryChina · 105 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Linfen in FebruaryChina · 110 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Taiyuan in FebruaryChina · 110 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in FebruaryChina · 142 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Xinzhou in FebruaryChina · 170 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Yangquan in FebruaryChina · 173 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.4°C · 8.0 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 Jiexiu) is explained once on the Jiexiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.