Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiyuan weather
in February.
A cold, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Taiyuan: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhong (27 km away). In February its highs average 5.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Taiyuan, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taiyuan ranks joint 631st of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 170th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Taiyuan is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.2 mm to 16 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
Taiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 6.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 6.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 55 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 110 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 99 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Jinzhong in FebruaryChina · 27 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Xinzhou in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Yangquan in FebruaryChina · 88 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Yuanping in FebruaryChina · 96 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Jiexiu in FebruaryChina · 110 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Lüliang in FebruaryChina · 131 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Shuozhou in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in FebruaryChina · 169 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 5.4 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 Taiyuan) is explained once on the Taiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.