Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Xunchang: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (24 km away). In February its highs average 13.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xunchang, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 270th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 528th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xunchang is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 52 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 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
- Changning in FebruaryChina · 24 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Baixi in FebruaryChina · 32 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Yibin in FebruaryChina · 35 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Shuifu in FebruaryChina · 36 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Junlian in FebruaryChina · 37 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Nanxi in FebruaryChina · 50 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Gusong in FebruaryChina · 53 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Xuyong in FebruaryChina · 77 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 54 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.