Climate averages 1991–2020
Qarasu weather
in February.
A cold, 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 cold month in Qarasu: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huocheng (40 km away). In February its highs average 3.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Qarasu, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qarasu ranks joint 722nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 421st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Qarasu is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Qarasu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 16 | 4.3 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | 2.7°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 21 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 50 | 7.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 40 | 6.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 39 | 4.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 26 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 17 | 3.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 27 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.0°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 36 | 6.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 1.0°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 22 | 5.3 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Huocheng in FebruaryChina · 40 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 79 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Sarqant in FebruaryKazakhstan · 140 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Bole in FebruaryChina · 152 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 6.9 mm precipitation
- Taldykorgan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 185 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 243 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Karakol in FebruaryKyrgyzstan · 251 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -12.5°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Almaty in FebruaryKazakhstan · 301 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
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 Qarasu) is explained once on the Qarasu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.