Climate averages 1991–2020
Tianshui weather
in February.
A cold, fairly 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 Tianshui: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beidao (14 km away). In February its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Tianshui, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tianshui ranks joint 617th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 339th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Tianshui is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 31 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
Tianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 11 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 6.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 31 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 50 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 77 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 93 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 123 | 12.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 122 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 116 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 75 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 26 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 9.7 | 2.9 | 9.910 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
- Beidao in FebruaryChina · 14 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Xingguo in FebruaryChina · 32 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Gangu Chengguanzhen in FebruaryChina · 42 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Xinxing in FebruaryChina · 44 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Pan’an in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Luomen in FebruaryChina · 68 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Pingliang in FebruaryChina · 137 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -5.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Baoji in FebruaryChina · 139 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 24 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 Tianshui) is explained once on the Tianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.