Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In February its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Zhaotong, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 277th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 292nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zhaotong is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 30 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in FebruaryChina · 123 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Liupanshui in FebruaryChina · 137 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Bijie in FebruaryChina · 155 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Xichang in FebruaryChina · 157 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Xunchang in FebruaryChina · 160 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Shuifu in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Baixi in FebruaryChina · 174 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Changning in FebruaryChina · 183 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 36 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.