Climate averages 1991–2020
Changsha, China weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Changsha, China: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taishan (17 km away). In January its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Changsha, China, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changsha, China ranks joint 40th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 556th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Changsha, China is 13.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 42 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
Changsha, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 33 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 42 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 86 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 158 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 283 | 22.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 224 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 272 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 71 | 7.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 4.6 | 10.811 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
- Taishan in JanuaryChina · 17 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Encheng in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Jiangmen in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Shaping in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Jing’an in JanuaryChina · 65 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Nantou, China in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Zhongshan in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Daliang in JanuaryChina · 77 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 35 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 Changsha) is explained once on the Changsha, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.