Climate averages 1991–2020

Lintong weather
in February.

A cool, 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 10.7°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -0.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 11 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a cool month in Lintong: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (29 km away). In February its highs average 9.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Lintong, with 18 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lintong ranks joint 376th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 220th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Lintong is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 21 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. -10-505101520253035 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Lintong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lintong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.8°C-3.4°C-3.4°C6.02.110.110 h
February, selected 10.7°C-0.9°C-0.9°C112.510.911 h
March 16.6°C3.8°C3.8°C214.511.912 h
April 23.2°C9.6°C9.6°C345.413.013 h
May 27.7°C14.8°C14.8°C506.613.914 h
June 31.9°C19.6°C19.6°C626.914.414 h
July 32.9°C22.6°C22.6°C989.814.214 h
August 31.3°C21.7°C21.7°C939.813.413 h
September 26.0°C16.6°C16.6°C909.612.412 h
October 20.3°C10.4°C10.4°C547.311.411 h
November 13.9°C3.5°C3.5°C275.110.410 h
December 8.1°C-2.1°C-2.1°C8.02.39.910 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 Lintong

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 Lintong) is explained once on the Lintong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.