Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ankang: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In January its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Ankang, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 352nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 427th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Ankang is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Xixiang in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Chengxiang in JanuaryChina · 152 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Shangluo in JanuaryChina · 157 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Shiyan in JanuaryChina · 165 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Chenggu in JanuaryChina · 166 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Xi’an in JanuaryChina · 176 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Hanfeng in JanuaryChina · 178 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Xianyang in JanuaryChina · 187 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 13 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.