Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qionghai (49 km away). In February its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Wenchang, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks 11th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 501st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Wenchang is 14.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 40 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February, selected | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in FebruaryChina · 49 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Qiongshan in FebruaryChina · 69 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Haikou in FebruaryChina · 72 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Wanning in FebruaryChina · 95 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Xucheng in FebruaryChina · 109 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Nada in FebruaryChina · 128 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Dacheng in FebruaryChina · 148 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 21 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.