Climate averages 1991–2020
Yinchuan 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 Yinchuan: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xigang (11 km away). In February its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Yinchuan, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yinchuan ranks joint 687th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Yinchuan is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 9.5 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
Yinchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 4.7°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 13 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 3.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 9.510 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
- Xigang in FebruaryChina · 11 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -7.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Wuzhong in FebruaryChina · 54 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Shizuishan in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in FebruaryChina · 67 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.9°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Shitanjing in FebruaryChina · 85 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -6.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Huinong in FebruaryChina · 95 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -7.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Wuda in FebruaryChina · 121 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Zhongwei in FebruaryChina · 143 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 3.3 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 Yinchuan) is explained once on the Yinchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xigang lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.