Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet 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 cool month in Zhonghe: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In February its highs average 9.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 407th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 834th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zhonghe is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 133 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in FebruaryChina · 49 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Jishou in FebruaryChina · 74 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Fenghuang in FebruaryChina · 83 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in FebruaryChina · 84 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in FebruaryChina · 122 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Hanjia in FebruaryChina · 124 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Huaihua in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 154 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 65 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.