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Lijiang in February

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Lijiang is cool: highs near 60°F, lows near 32°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Lijiang is cool: highs near 16°C, lows near 0°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
11h 12mon average

Is February a good time to visit Lijiang?

February sits outside Lijiang's best months, which run from April to May. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in February, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in February, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in February, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

15% cover in February, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 12m in February, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January57°14°low 31°low -1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February60°16°low 32°low 0°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. March66°19°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in February

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:56 AMsets 7:10 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.