Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinniu weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Jinniu: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangcheng (37 km away). In February its highs average 17.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Jinniu, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinniu ranks 30th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 240th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jinniu is 12.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Jinniu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 21.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 140 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 199 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 199 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 142 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in FebruaryChina · 37 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Dali in FebruaryChina · 44 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Micheng in FebruaryChina · 52 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Lijiang in FebruaryChina · 124 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Chuxiong in FebruaryChina · 129 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 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 Jinniu) is explained once on the Jinniu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.