Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang weather
in February.
A mild, fairly 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 Lincang: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianshui (123 km away). In February its highs average 17.6°C, 4.3°C cooler than Lincang, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 26th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 485th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Lincang is 12.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 34 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February, selected | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.711 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
- Jianshui in FebruaryChina · 123 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Ning’er in FebruaryChina · 134 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Menglang in FebruaryChina · 148 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Pu'er in FebruaryChina · 151 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Longling County in FebruaryChina · 163 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Menghuan in FebruaryChina · 165 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in FebruaryChina · 167 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Micheng in FebruaryChina · 167 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.