Climate averages 1991–2020
Zitong weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Zitong: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bachuan (42 km away). In February its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Zitong, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zitong ranks joint 196th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 477th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zitong is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 51 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
Zitong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 26 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 92 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 121 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 16.6 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 169 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 121 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 92 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 7.1 | 10.210 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
- Bachuan in FebruaryChina · 42 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Suining in FebruaryChina · 44 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Hechuan in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Longgang, China in FebruaryChina · 55 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Longshui in FebruaryChina · 68 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Beibei in FebruaryChina · 70 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Nanchong in FebruaryChina · 73 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Bishan in FebruaryChina · 75 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 29 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 Zitong) is explained once on the Zitong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.