Climate averages 1991–2020
Taishan weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Taishan: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changsha, China (17 km away). In February its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Taishan, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taishan ranks joint 36th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 532nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Taishan is 12.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 70 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
Taishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| February, selected | 21.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 34 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 24.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 138 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 289 | 23.1 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 235 | 22.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 291 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 212 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 76 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Changsha, China in FebruaryChina · 17 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Jiangmen in FebruaryChina · 48 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Encheng in FebruaryChina · 49 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Jing’an in FebruaryChina · 53 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Shaping in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Zhongshan in FebruaryChina · 69 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Nantou, China in FebruaryChina · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Macau in FebruaryMacao · 79 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 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 Taishan) is explained once on the Taishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.