Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Putian: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In February its highs average 17.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than Putian, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks 145th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 663rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Putian is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 100 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in FebruaryChina · 72 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Fuzhou in FebruaryChina · 75 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Ximeicun in FebruaryChina · 80 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Jinjiang in FebruaryChina · 82 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Xiamen in FebruaryChina · 142 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Ningde in FebruaryChina · 145 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Nanping in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Sanming in FebruaryChina · 166 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 81 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.