Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchuan weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Nanchuan: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (27 km away). In February its highs average 13.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Nanchuan, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchuan ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 592nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Nanchuan is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 85 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
Nanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 36 | 9.4 | 10.511 h |
| February, selected | 12.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 134 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 191 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 197 | 18.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 188 | 17.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 123 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 16.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in FebruaryChina · 27 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Gunan in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Banan in FebruaryChina · 60 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 67 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Lidu in FebruaryChina · 68 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Fuling in FebruaryChina · 68 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Luohuang in FebruaryChina · 68 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Chongqing in FebruaryChina · 70 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 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 Nanchuan) is explained once on the Nanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.