Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in February.
A cold, very 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 cold month in Zhangye: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In February its highs average 3.7°C, about as warm as Zhangye, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 697th of 884 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zhangye is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 5.2 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
- Jinchang in FebruaryChina · 159 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -8.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Jiuquan in FebruaryChina · 189 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 2.3 mm precipitation
- Jiayuguan in FebruaryChina · 210 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -8.3°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Wuwei in FebruaryChina · 220 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.6°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Qiaotou in FebruaryChina · 247 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.7 mm precipitation
- Laojunmiao in FebruaryChina · 254 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.5°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Xining in FebruaryChina · 281 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Nianbo in FebruaryChina · 323 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.1 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.