Climate averages 1991–2020
Basuo weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Basuo: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaxing (73 km away). In January its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Basuo, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Basuo ranks 3rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 397th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Basuo is 17.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 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
Basuo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 15 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 27.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 70 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 125 | 14.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.1°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 169 | 12.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.6°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 263 | 15.8 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 340 | 21.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 264 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 143 | 14.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 58 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 23.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.011 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
- Yaxing in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Dacheng in JanuaryChina · 89 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in JanuaryChina · 95 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Sandu in JanuaryChina · 96 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Nada in JanuaryChina · 107 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Sanya in JanuaryChina · 130 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Wanning in JanuaryChina · 184 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Qionghai in JanuaryChina · 190 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 26 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 Basuo) is explained once on the Basuo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.