Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Zigong: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In February its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 185th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 470th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zigong is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 40 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February, selected | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 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
- Neijiang in FebruaryChina · 39 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Nanxi in FebruaryChina · 59 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Fuji, China in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Yibin in FebruaryChina · 66 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Luocheng in FebruaryChina · 73 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Baixi in FebruaryChina · 75 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Changyuan in FebruaryChina · 79 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Luzhou in FebruaryChina · 81 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 28 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.