Nanjing weather in February

In February, Nanjing sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nanjing's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nanjing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 8.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:55 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Nanjing is capital city of Jiangsu Province, China, former capital of the Republic of China and China's Ming dynasty.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 44.7 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 1,414/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~494 BCE

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 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical February day in Nanjing reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 16°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)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in Nanjing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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.

Nanjing weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 0°	55	8	2	10.1	1.0
Feb	10° / 2°	55	8.3	1.3	10.8	2.2
Mar	15° / 6°	80	10	0.4	11.8	4.3
Apr	21° / 12°	94	9.1	0	12.8	6.4
May	26° / 17°	121	9.8	0	13.6	6.6
Jun	29° / 22°	222	11.9	0	14.1	5.2
Jul	32° / 25°	210	15.1	0	13.9	3.5
Aug	31° / 25°	174	14.4	0	13.2	3.9
Sep	27° / 20°	81	8.4	0	12.2	6.4
Oct	22° / 14°	54	6.3	0	11.2	7.4
Nov	16° / 8°	53	6.8	0.1	10.4	5.5
Dec	10° / 2°	34	5.6	0.4	9.9	2.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. 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 (%)	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	39	61
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nanjing gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 29% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	24	6
2	24	6
3	24	6
4	24	6
5	25	6
6	25	6
7	26	6
8	26	5
9	27	5
10	27	5
11	28	5
12	28	5
13	29	5
14	29	5
15	30	5
16	30	5
17	31	4
18	31	4
19	32	4
20	32	4
21	33	4
22	33	3
23	33	3
24	33	3
25	34	3
26	34	3
27	34	3
28	34	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	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	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 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:55 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)	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41
Sunset (PM)	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:05	5:32
2	10.5	7:04	5:33
3	10.5	7:04	5:34
4	10.5	7:03	5:35
5	10.6	7:02	5:35
6	10.6	7:02	5:36
7	10.6	7:01	5:37
8	10.6	7:00	5:38
9	10.7	7:00	5:39
10	10.7	6:59	5:40
11	10.7	6:58	5:41
12	10.7	6:57	5:42
13	10.8	6:56	5:43
14	10.8	6:55	5:43
15	10.8	6:55	5:44
16	10.9	6:54	5:45
17	10.9	6:53	5:46
18	10.9	6:52	5:47
19	10.9	6:51	5:48
20	11.0	6:50	5:49
21	11.0	6:49	5:49
22	11.0	6:48	5:50
23	11.1	6:47	5:51
24	11.1	6:46	5:52
25	11.1	6:45	5:53
26	11.2	6:44	5:54
27	11.2	6:43	5:54
28	11.2	6:41	5:55

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 3.26 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Nanjing

In seasonPeak

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

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

Nanjing's rainy season runs May–August, 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 Nanjing?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nanjing.

What to pack for Nanjing in February

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

In February, Nanjing sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Nanjing in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nanjing peaks around July 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	6	7	6	9	8	9	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Nanjing 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 Nanjing is worst in January — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Nanjing's WHO annual average of 44.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	59	55	53	48	42	36	29	29	35	44	49	58
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	59	Unhealthy
Feb	55	Poor
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	35	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Nanjing?

Nanjing sits at 32.1°N, 118.8°E, 22 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Wuxi, 153 km away.

Topography around Nanjing

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nanjing has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m.

The land around Nanjing is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (46%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

artificial surfaces 66%

16 km

514 m

artificial surfaces 46%

80 km

611 m

cropland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Wuxi 153 km · Suzhou 192 km · Pingyao 216 km · Hangzhou 237 km · Tunxi 265 km · Shanghai 270 km · Ningbo 359 km · Wuhan 459 km

China travel facts

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Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
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Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
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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 Nanjing (32.0617°, 118.7778°, elevation 22 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	8	0
2	8	0
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	8	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	12	4
28	12	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	39	61
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64

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

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	39	61
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64

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

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	39	61
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64

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

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1