Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in February.
A cold, very 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 Rikaze: daytime highs average 6.2°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thimphu (212 km away). In February its highs average 9.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Rikaze, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 635th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Rikaze is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 2.8 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February, selected | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 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
- Thimphu in FebruaryBhutan · 212 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Gangtok in FebruaryIndia · 216 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 269 mm rain
- Dārjiling in FebruaryIndia · 254 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Jaigaon in FebruaryIndia · 271 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Lhoka in FebruaryChina · 280 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -5.5°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Siliguri in FebruaryIndia · 286 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in FebruaryIndia · 304 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dharān in FebruaryNepal · 313 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.