Climate averages 1991–2020
Anshun weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Anshun: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (51 km away). In January its highs average 9.6°C, 1.4°C warmer than Anshun, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Anshun ranks joint 379th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 737th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Anshun is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 54 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
Anshun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 63 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 13.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 92 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 192 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 301 | 22.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 237 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 165 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 128 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 114 | 16.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 68 | 12.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 11.6 | 10.511 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
- Liuzhi in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Guiyang in JanuaryChina · 86 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Xingren in JanuaryChina · 115 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Liupanshui in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Bijie in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Anlong in JanuaryChina · 135 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Duyun in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Xingyi in JanuaryChina · 164 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 54 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 Anshun) is explained once on the Anshun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.