Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Xichang: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In February its highs average 11.9°C, 4.1°C cooler than Xichang, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 150th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 383rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xichang is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 32 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Zhaotong in FebruaryChina · 157 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Junlian in FebruaryChina · 223 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Shuifu in FebruaryChina · 225 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Lijiang in FebruaryChina · 232 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Leshan in FebruaryChina · 236 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Kangding in FebruaryChina · 236 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Luocheng in FebruaryChina · 239 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Baixi in FebruaryChina · 241 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 40 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.