Climate averages 1991–2020

Yongzhou weather
in February.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.4°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 6.5°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 84 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a cool month in Yongzhou: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shaoyang (92 km away). In February its highs average 11.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Yongzhou, with 72 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yongzhou ranks joint 206th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 818th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Yongzhou is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 145 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Yongzhou climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yongzhou, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.8°C4.4°C4.4°C8012.610.711 h
February, selected 13.4°C6.5°C6.5°C8413.111.211 h
March 17.3°C10.1°C10.1°C14518.612.012 h
April 23.2°C15.4°C15.4°C17117.412.813 h
May 27.0°C19.6°C19.6°C21916.713.413 h
June 29.6°C23.2°C23.2°C25716.813.814 h
July 32.7°C25.6°C25.6°C13011.113.614 h
August 32.5°C25.2°C25.2°C14413.913.113 h
September 29.0°C21.7°C21.7°C729.112.312 h
October 24.3°C16.7°C16.7°C768.511.612 h
November 18.6°C11.3°C11.3°C819.110.911 h
December 13.1°C6.0°C6.0°C578.610.511 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

Distance from Yongzhou

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yongzhou) is explained once on the Yongzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.