Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiajie weather
in February.
A cool, wet 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 cool month in Zhangjiajie: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (116 km away). In February its highs average 10.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Zhangjiajie, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiajie ranks joint 336th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 852nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zhangjiajie is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 150 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
Zhangjiajie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February, selected | 11.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 150 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 220 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 247 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 317 | 19.9 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 111 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 115 | 11.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 46 | 8.3 | 10.310 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
- Jishou in FebruaryChina · 116 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Changde in FebruaryChina · 119 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Jinshi in FebruaryChina · 145 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Fenghuang in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Enshi in FebruaryChina · 162 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Zhicheng in FebruaryChina · 163 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Zhonghe in FebruaryChina · 164 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Zhongduo in FebruaryChina · 170 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 103 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 Zhangjiajie) is explained once on the Zhangjiajie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.