Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengqiao weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Chengqiao: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luodian (25 km away). In January its highs average 8.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Chengqiao, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengqiao ranks joint 410th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 707th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Chengqiao is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 57 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
Chengqiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 58 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 57 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 85 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 94 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 112 | 9.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 238 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 176 | 14.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 162 | 14.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 56 | 5.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.110 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
- Luodian in JanuaryChina · 25 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Baoshan in JanuaryChina · 26 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Chongming in JanuaryChina · 29 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Yanghang in JanuaryChina · 29 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Jiading in JanuaryChina · 31 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Huilong in JanuaryChina · 32 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Taicang in JanuaryChina · 35 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Putuo in JanuaryChina · 42 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 63 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 Chengqiao) is explained once on the Chengqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.