Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Sanming: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In February its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 129th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 799th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Sanming is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 156 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in FebruaryChina · 71 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Shaowu in FebruaryChina · 122 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Longyan in FebruaryChina · 144 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Xujiang in FebruaryChina · 145 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Qincheng in FebruaryChina · 152 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Ximeicun in FebruaryChina · 160 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Putian in FebruaryChina · 166 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Fuzhou in FebruaryChina · 170 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 73 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.