Zhangjiajie weather in February

In February, Zhangjiajie sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 96 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-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 17% 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 Zhangjiajie's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zhangjiajie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 96 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:24 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Zhangjiajie is prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 29 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 46/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 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical February day in Zhangjiajie reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°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	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

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

How February really feels in Zhangjiajie

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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.

Zhangjiajie weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 9th-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° / 1°	71	10.5	4.5	10.3	0.7
Feb	9° / 3°	96	11.3	2.5	11	1.7
Mar	14° / 7°	150	15.8	0.9	11.8	3.3
Apr	20° / 12°	220	16.2	0	12.7	5.0
May	24° / 17°	247	16.5	0	13.4	5.6
Jun	27° / 20°	293	18.2	0	13.8	5.0
Jul	30° / 23°	317	19.9	0	13.7	3.9
Aug	29° / 22°	165	16.9	0	13	4.4
Sep	25° / 19°	111	11.3	0	12.2	6.3
Oct	20° / 14°	115	11.5	0	11.3	6.0
Nov	15° / 8°	92	10.4	0.2	10.5	4.2
Dec	9° / 3°	46	8.3	1.6	10.2	1.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. 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 (%)	29	29	29	30	29	29	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	21	21	21	20	19	19	20	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	71	71	71	70	71	71	73	73	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	79	79	79	80	81	81	80	80	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Zhangjiajie gets around 96 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 40% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	31	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47
Snow chance (%)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	11
2	31	11
3	32	11
4	32	11
5	33	11
6	34	10
7	35	10
8	35	10
9	36	10
10	37	10
11	38	10
12	39	10
13	39	10
14	40	9
15	41	9
16	42	9
17	42	9
18	43	9
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	46	8
22	46	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	47	6
27	47	6
28	47	6

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 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	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 7:33 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:31 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	10.7	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:33	6:10
2	10.6	7:32	6:11
3	10.7	7:32	6:12
4	10.7	7:31	6:13
5	10.7	7:31	6:14
6	10.7	7:30	6:14
7	10.8	7:30	6:15
8	10.8	7:29	6:16
9	10.8	7:28	6:17
10	10.8	7:28	6:18
11	10.9	7:27	6:18
12	10.9	7:26	6:19
13	10.9	7:25	6:20
14	10.9	7:25	6:21
15	11.0	7:24	6:21
16	11.0	7:23	6:22
17	11.0	7:22	6:23
18	11.0	7:21	6:24
19	11.1	7:21	6:24
20	11.1	7:20	6:25
21	11.1	7:19	6:26
22	11.1	7:18	6:27
23	11.2	7:17	6:27
24	11.2	7:16	6:28
25	11.2	7:15	6:29
26	11.3	7:14	6:30
27	11.3	7:13	6:30
28	11.3	7:12	6:31

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 4.73 kWh/m² in August across the year — February's 2.41 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)	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Zhangjiajie

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Zhangjiajie?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zhangjiajie.

What to pack for Zhangjiajie in February

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

In February, Zhangjiajie sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Zhangjiajie 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 Zhangjiajie peaks around July 13 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	7	7	10	10	11	9	8	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Zhangjiajie 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 Zhangjiajie is worst in March — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Zhangjiajie's WHO annual average of 29 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	39	37	39	34	31	21	15	17	22	26	31	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	39	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	34	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zhangjiajie?

Zhangjiajie sits at 29.1°N, 110.5°E, 174 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Fenghuang, 158 km away.

Topography around Zhangjiajie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zhangjiajie has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,365 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,831 m.

The land around Zhangjiajie is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

380 m

trees 42%

16 km

1,365 m

trees 80%

80 km

1,831 m

trees 94%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Fenghuang 158 km · Chongqing 383 km · Wuhan 399 km · Guilin 428 km · Guiyang 466 km · Yangshuo 484 km · Xi'an 589 km · Songyang 639 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 Zhangjiajie (29.1294°, 110.4783°, elevation 174 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	8	2
2	8	2
3	8	2
4	8	2
5	8	2
6	8	2
7	8	2
8	9	2
9	9	2
10	9	3
11	9	3
12	9	3
13	9	3
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	10	4
19	10	4
20	10	4
21	10	4
22	10	4
23	10	4
24	10	4
25	10	4
26	11	4
27	11	5
28	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	11
2	31	11
3	32	11
4	32	11
5	33	11
6	34	10
7	35	10
8	35	10
9	36	10
10	37	10
11	38	10
12	39	10
13	39	10
14	40	9
15	41	9
16	42	9
17	42	9
18	43	9
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	46	8
22	46	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	47	6
27	47	6
28	47	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	11
2	31	11
3	32	11
4	32	11
5	33	11
6	34	10
7	35	10
8	35	10
9	36	10
10	37	10
11	38	10
12	39	10
13	39	10
14	40	9
15	41	9
16	42	9
17	42	9
18	43	9
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	46	8
22	46	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	47	6
27	47	6
28	47	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	11
2	31	11
3	32	11
4	32	11
5	33	11
6	34	10
7	35	10
8	35	10
9	36	10
10	37	10
11	38	10
12	39	10
13	39	10
14	40	9
15	41	9
16	42	9
17	42	9
18	43	9
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	46	8
22	46	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	47	6
27	47	6
28	47	6

	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