Beijing Weather in February
Beijing in February
The short of it: Beijing in February averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of -5 °C (23 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low -5° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Beijing an average February high of 6°, a low of -5° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 6°, nights near -5°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the driest month of the year, only 3.0 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-February, 60 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Beijing runs about middling and wetter than most in February. Daxing, 20 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
February in Beijing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 4° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h