Climate averages 1991–2020
Lanzhou 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 Lanzhou: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 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 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baiyin (62 km away). In February its highs average 4.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Lanzhou, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lanzhou ranks joint 646th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 117th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Lanzhou is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.8 mm to 13 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
Lanzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 4.2 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 6.0°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 5.8 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.8°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 13 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 24 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 12.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 100 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 41 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 9.810 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
- Baiyin in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -6.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in FebruaryChina · 76 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -9.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Dingxi in FebruaryChina · 89 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Nianbo in FebruaryChina · 136 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in FebruaryChina · 175 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Luomen in FebruaryChina · 180 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Pan’an in FebruaryChina · 185 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinxing in FebruaryChina · 196 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 14 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 Lanzhou) is explained once on the Lanzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.