Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in February.
A cold, fairly 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 Kangding: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In February its highs average 10.8°C, 7.5°C warmer than Kangding, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 708th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 452nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Kangding is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 65 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
Kangding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 12 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 24 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 6.4°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 65 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 10.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 115 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 14.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 179 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 16.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 233 | 28.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 17.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 277 | 29.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 249 | 28.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 14.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 175 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 10.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 102 | 21.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 6.7°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 46 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 1.9°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 15 | 5.1 | 10.310 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
- Ya'an in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Meishan in FebruaryChina · 181 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Leshan in FebruaryChina · 181 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Luocheng in FebruaryChina · 212 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Chengdu in FebruaryChina · 216 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Xichang in FebruaryChina · 236 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Ziyang in FebruaryChina · 259 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in FebruaryChina · 263 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 34 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 Kangding) is explained once on the Kangding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.