Chongqing weather in February

In February, Chongqing sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 33 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Chongqing's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chongqing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:40 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Chongqing is administrative center of Chongqing municipality.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 37.2 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded: 1929

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical February day in Chongqing reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	7
2	12	7
3	12	7
4	12	7
5	12	7
6	12	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	15	9
25	15	9
26	15	9
27	15	9
28	15	9

How February really feels in Chongqing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Chongqing weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	28	7.6	10.3	2.5
Feb	13° / 8°	33	8.8	10.9	3.6
Mar	18° / 11°	72	13.2	11.8	5.1
Apr	23° / 16°	117	15	12.7	5.7
May	27° / 19°	163	16.1	13.5	5.5
Jun	29° / 22°	173	15.7	13.9	4.6
Jul	33° / 25°	166	14.6	13.7	3.1
Aug	33° / 25°	147	14.2	13.1	3.1
Sep	28° / 21°	118	12.4	12.2	5.3
Oct	22° / 17°	107	16.3	11.3	5.5
Nov	17° / 12°	72	11.6	10.5	4.9
Dec	12° / 8°	37	8.9	10.1	3.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	84	83	83	83	83	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Chongqing gets around 33 mm of rain over 8.8 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	23
4	24
5	24
6	25
7	26
8	27
9	28
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:49 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:46 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:49	6:25
2	10.6	7:49	6:26
3	10.6	7:48	6:27
4	10.7	7:48	6:28
5	10.7	7:47	6:29
6	10.7	7:47	6:29
7	10.7	7:46	6:30
8	10.8	7:45	6:31
9	10.8	7:45	6:32
10	10.8	7:44	6:33
11	10.8	7:43	6:33
12	10.9	7:42	6:34
13	10.9	7:42	6:35
14	10.9	7:41	6:36
15	10.9	7:40	6:37
16	11.0	7:39	6:37
17	11.0	7:38	6:38
18	11.0	7:38	6:39
19	11.0	7:37	6:40
20	11.1	7:36	6:40
21	11.1	7:35	6:41
22	11.1	7:34	6:42
23	11.2	7:33	6:43
24	11.2	7:32	6:43
25	11.2	7:31	6:44
26	11.2	7:30	6:45
27	11.3	7:29	6:46
28	11.3	7:28	6:46

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Chongqing

In seasonPeak

In February, Chongqing sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chongqing sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Chongqing's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Chongqing?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chongqing.

What to pack for Chongqing in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Chongqing sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Chongqing in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chongqing peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	8	6	9	9	11	8	9	7	3	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Chongqing in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chongqing is worst in January — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Chongqing's WHO annual average of 37.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	49	45	43	37	35	30	24	23	32	39	44	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Chongqing?

Chongqing sits at 29.6°N, 106.6°E, 289 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Chengdu, 269 km away.

Topography around Chongqing

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chongqing.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chongqing has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m around an average of 227 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 504 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,549 m.

The land around Chongqing is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and water (25%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

206 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

504 m

trees 44%

80 km

1,549 m

trees 73%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Chongqing year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Chengdu 269 km · Leshan 270 km · Guiyang 331 km · Fenghuang 347 km · Zhangjiajie 383 km · Xi'an 568 km · Guilin 602 km · Kunming 630 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chongqing (29.5603°, 106.5577°, elevation 289 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	7
2	12	7
3	12	7
4	12	7
5	12	7
6	12	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	15	9
25	15	9
26	15	9
27	15	9
28	15	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	23
4	24
5	24
6	25
7	26
8	27
9	28
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	7
2	12	7
3	12	7
4	12	7
5	12	7
6	12	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	15	9
25	15	9
26	15	9
27	15	9
28	15	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	23
4	24
5	24
6	25
7	26
8	27
9	28
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	7
2	12	7
3	12	7
4	12	7
5	12	7
6	12	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	15	9
25	15	9
26	15	9
27	15	9
28	15	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	23
4	24
5	24
6	25
7	26
8	27
9	28
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2