Climate averages 1991–2020

Chenghua weather
in January.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 29 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Chenghua: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 29 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 52 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shantou (15 km away). In January its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Chenghua, with 45 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenghua ranks 92nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 515th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Chenghua is 11.8°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 44 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chenghua climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chenghua, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	17.7°C11.6°C	11.6°C	29	4.6	10.911 h
February	18.3°C12.5°C	12.5°C	44	6.9	11.411 h
March	20.8°C14.9°C	14.9°C	65	9.7	12.012 h
April	24.1°C18.7°C	18.7°C	107	12.0	12.713 h
May	26.9°C22.3°C	22.3°C	191	17.5	13.313 h
June	28.8°C24.9°C	24.9°C	260	22.2	13.614 h
July	29.9°C25.7°C	25.7°C	206	20.6	13.413 h
August	29.8°C25.5°C	25.5°C	270	21.2	12.913 h
September	29.0°C24.5°C	24.5°C	151	13.7	12.312 h
October	26.8°C21.4°C	21.4°C	46	4.9	11.612 h
November	23.6°C17.6°C	17.6°C	50	4.6	11.011 h
December	19.4°C13.3°C	13.3°C	38	4.5	10.711 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

Distance from Chenghua

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chenghua) is explained once on the Chenghua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.