Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In February its highs average 21.4°C, 7.2°C warmer than Lijiang, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 163rd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 364th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Lijiang is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 29 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in FebruaryChina · 124 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in FebruaryChina · 131 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Dali in FebruaryChina · 143 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in FebruaryChina · 160 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in FebruaryChina · 167 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Micheng in FebruaryChina · 172 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 179 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in FebruaryChina · 222 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.