Climate averages 1991–2020
Xincheng weather
in February.
A cold, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Xincheng: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ālā'ĕr (191 km away). In February its highs average 5.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Xincheng, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xincheng ranks joint 678th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 85th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xincheng is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 8.8°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 4.7 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Xincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.510 h |
| February, selected | 4.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 7.6 | 2.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 2.7 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 3.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Ālā'ĕr in FebruaryChina · 191 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 192 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Aqsu in FebruaryChina · 229 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Wensu in FebruaryChina · 230 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Korla in FebruaryChina · 267 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 278 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Huocheng in FebruaryChina · 309 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Wusu in FebruaryChina · 334 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
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 Xincheng) is explained once on the Xincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.