Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayan Nur weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Bayan Nur: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Precipitation is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhai (127 km away). In January its highs average -2.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bayan Nur, with 1.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bayan Nur ranks 744th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Bayan Nur is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 2.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Bayan Nur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.9°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.4°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 7.8 | 1.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 16 | 3.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 45 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 49 | 5.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.7°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Wuhai in JanuaryChina · 127 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -12.2°C · 1.1 mm precipitation
- Wuda in JanuaryChina · 150 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -11.6°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Huinong in JanuaryChina · 176 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -11.5°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Shitanjing in JanuaryChina · 190 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -10.4°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Baotou in JanuaryChina · 207 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -15.8°C · 2.4 mm precipitation
- Shizuishan in JanuaryChina · 213 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.3°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Ordos in JanuaryChina · 239 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -14.0°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Dongsheng in JanuaryChina · 243 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -13.8°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
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 Bayan Nur) is explained once on the Bayan Nur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.