Climate averages 1991–2020

Sandu weather
in February.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 17.5°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 28 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sandu · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Sandu: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dacheng (36 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 2.6°C warmer than Sandu, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sandu ranks 14th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 493rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Sandu is 14.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sandu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sandu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.8°C16.7°C16.7°C326.711.111 h
February, selected 23.1°C17.5°C17.5°C285.711.511 h
March 26.0°C20.0°C20.0°C316.312.012 h
April 28.9°C23.1°C23.1°C5710.512.613 h
May 30.8°C25.7°C25.7°C10816.613.113 h
June 31.6°C27.3°C27.3°C14214.313.313 h
July 31.3°C27.2°C27.2°C19115.613.213 h
August 30.3°C26.7°C26.7°C27620.512.813 h
September 29.4°C25.5°C25.5°C19219.712.312 h
October 27.9°C23.7°C23.7°C11811.711.712 h
November 25.7°C21.3°C21.3°C456.111.211 h
December 22.4°C18.1°C18.1°C416.211.011 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

Distance from Sandu

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sandu) is explained once on the Sandu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.