Climate averages 1991–2020

Lhoka 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.

Average high 6.6°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -5.5°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 4.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lhoka · average highYear overview

February is a cold month in Lhoka: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.9 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 11 h 08 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rikaze (280 km away). In February its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Lhoka, with 1.4 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lhoka ranks joint 621st of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 78th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Lhoka is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lhoka climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lhoka, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 4.4°C-7.8°C-7.8°C3.91.110.510 h
February, selected 6.6°C-5.5°C-5.5°C4.91.611.111 h
March 9.6°C-2.5°C-2.5°C175.512.012 h
April 13.1°C0.7°C0.7°C3711.412.913 h
May 17.3°C5.3°C5.3°C5714.513.614 h
June 20.6°C10.0°C10.0°C9820.014.014 h
July 20.2°C11.5°C11.5°C14924.713.814 h
August 19.6°C11.2°C11.2°C12823.213.213 h
September 18.2°C9.1°C9.1°C8418.712.412 h
October 13.8°C3.3°C3.3°C327.811.511 h
November 7.8°C-2.9°C-2.9°C9.92.910.711 h
December 5.7°C-5.6°C-5.6°C4.01.310.310 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

Distance from Lhoka

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lhoka) is explained once on the Lhoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.