Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in February.
A cold, very 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 Xining: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In February its highs average 1.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Xining, with 8.7 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks joint 706th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 82nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xining is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 15 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
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.710 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
- Qiaotou in FebruaryChina · 35 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.7 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in FebruaryChina · 126 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Wuwei in FebruaryChina · 164 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.6°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in FebruaryChina · 173 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -9.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Lanzhou in FebruaryChina · 197 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -5.0°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Jinchang in FebruaryChina · 212 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -8.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Baiyin in FebruaryChina · 216 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -6.7°C · 4.2 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 Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.