Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangxiang weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Xiangxiang: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shaoshan (20 km away). In February its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Xiangxiang, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangxiang ranks joint 245th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 840th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xiangxiang is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 177 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
Xiangxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 73 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 12.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 91 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 177 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 212 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 259 | 17.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 17.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 185 | 13.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 133 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 87 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 72 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.410 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
- Shaoshan in FebruaryChina · 20 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Xiangtan in FebruaryChina · 38 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Yongfeng in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Loudi in FebruaryChina · 53 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Gantang in FebruaryChina · 64 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Changsha in FebruaryChina · 67 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Hengyang in FebruaryChina · 94 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 82 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 Xiangxiang) is explained once on the Xiangxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.