Climate averages 1991–2020
Rugao weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rugao: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyan (43 km away). In February its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Rugao, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rugao ranks joint 472nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 658th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Rugao is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 75 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
Rugao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 9.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 75 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 109 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 217 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 217 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 178 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 94 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 5.7 | 10.110 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
- Jiangyan in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Nantong in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Jinsha in FebruaryChina · 56 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in FebruaryChina · 56 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Juegang in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Taixing in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Jiangyin in FebruaryChina · 59 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Dongtai in FebruaryChina · 59 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 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 Rugao) is explained once on the Rugao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.