Jinan weather in February

In February, Jinan sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 2.6 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Jinan's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jinan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 12 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:08 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.3; out of 10

Jinan is capital of Shandong province, China.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 53.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 423/km²; people per km²

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 5°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical February day in Jinan reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 4°C warmer than January and about 6°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)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-4
2	5	-4
3	5	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	6	-3
8	6	-3
9	6	-3
10	7	-3
11	7	-2
12	7	-2
13	7	-2
14	7	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	9	-1
21	9	-1
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	0
26	10	0
27	10	0
28	10	1

How February really feels in Jinan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Jinan weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -5°	5	1.2	1.1	9.8	0.0
Feb	7° / -2°	12	2.6	1.4	10.6	1.3
Mar	14° / 4°	16	3.2	0.5	11.7	4.7
Apr	20° / 10°	33	5.1	0.1	12.9	7.2
May	26° / 16°	51	6	0	13.9	7.3
Jun	31° / 21°	67	7	0	14.5	5.0
Jul	31° / 24°	160	12.5	0	14.3	4.0
Aug	30° / 22°	156	12.1	0	13.4	4.8
Sep	27° / 17°	52	6.1	0	12.2	7.2
Oct	21° / 11°	30	4.1	0	11.1	7.6
Nov	12° / 3°	22	3.9	0.7	10	4.0
Dec	6° / -3°	8	2	0.9	9.5	0.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	58	57	57	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	58	58
Cloudier (%)	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Jinan gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 2.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. 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 (%)	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:21 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:58 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)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:21	5:30
2	10.2	7:20	5:31
3	10.2	7:19	5:32
4	10.2	7:19	5:33
5	10.3	7:18	5:34
6	10.3	7:17	5:35
7	10.3	7:16	5:36
8	10.4	7:15	5:37
9	10.4	7:14	5:39
10	10.4	7:13	5:40
11	10.5	7:12	5:41
12	10.5	7:12	5:42
13	10.5	7:11	5:43
14	10.6	7:09	5:44
15	10.6	7:08	5:45
16	10.6	7:07	5:46
17	10.7	7:06	5:47
18	10.7	7:05	5:48
19	10.7	7:04	5:49
20	10.8	7:03	5:50
21	10.8	7:02	5:51
22	10.9	7:00	5:52
23	10.9	6:59	5:53
24	10.9	6:58	5:54
25	11.0	6:57	5:55
26	11.0	6:55	5:56
27	11.0	6:54	5:57
28	11.1	6:53	5:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.65 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)	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Jinan

In seasonPeak

None of Jinan's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Jinan's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Jinan sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Jinan?

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

1.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jinan.

What to pack for Jinan in February

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

In February, Jinan sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Jinan in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jinan peaks around May 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	8	7	6	7	8	2	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Jinan 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 Jinan is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 36 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Jinan's WHO annual average of 53.9 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	80	65	57	48	41	38	36	37	47	58	65	74
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	80	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	48	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	47	Poor
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	65	Unhealthy
Dec	74	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Jinan?

Jinan sits at 36.7°N, 117.0°E, 32 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Tianjin, 276 km away.

Topography around Jinan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jinan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 38 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 608 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,507 m.

The land around Jinan is covered by artificial surfaces (89%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (46%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

artificial surfaces 89%

16 km

608 m

artificial surfaces 46%

80 km

1,507 m

cropland 63%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Tianjin 276 km · Qingdao 310 km · Beijing 364 km · Zhengzhou 369 km · Songyang 435 km · Luoyang 468 km · Dalian 475 km · Chengde 484 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 Jinan (36.6683°, 116.9972°, elevation 32 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. 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	5	-4
2	5	-4
3	5	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	6	-3
8	6	-3
9	6	-3
10	7	-3
11	7	-2
12	7	-2
13	7	-2
14	7	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	9	-1
21	9	-1
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	0
26	10	0
27	10	0
28	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-4
2	5	-4
3	5	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	6	-3
8	6	-3
9	6	-3
10	7	-3
11	7	-2
12	7	-2
13	7	-2
14	7	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	9	-1
21	9	-1
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	0
26	10	0
27	10	0
28	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-4
2	5	-4
3	5	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	6	-3
8	6	-3
9	6	-3
10	7	-3
11	7	-2
12	7	-2
13	7	-2
14	7	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	9	-1
21	9	-1
22	9	0
23	9	0
24	9	0
25	9	0
26	10	0
27	10	0
28	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

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

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