Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Tacheng: daytime highs average -1.6°C and nights cool to about -11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In February its highs average -2.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Tacheng, with 1.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 784th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 364th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Tacheng is 10.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 6.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 17 mm to 23 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in FebruaryChina · 197 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -10.9°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Bole in FebruaryChina · 217 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 6.9 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in FebruaryKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Wusu in FebruaryChina · 290 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 340 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Huocheng in FebruaryChina · 341 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Qarasu in FebruaryChina · 345 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -9.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in FebruaryKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -17.0°C · 29 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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.