Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengxiang weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Chengxiang: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yong’an (43 km away). In January its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Chengxiang, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengxiang ranks joint 244th 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; Chengxiang is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 47 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
Chengxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 78 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 104 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 151 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 201 | 16.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 19.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 166 | 15.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 150 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 114 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 7.8 | 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
- Yong’an in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Wushan in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Yezhou in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Hanfeng in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Enshi in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Wanzhou in JanuaryChina · 132 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Linjiang in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Lichuan in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.0°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 Chengxiang) is explained once on the Chengxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.