Climate averages 1991–2020
Chenzhou weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Chenzhou: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leiyang (69 km away). In January its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Chenzhou, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenzhou ranks joint 219th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 717th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Chenzhou is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 72 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
Chenzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 60 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 13.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 72 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 17.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 151 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 196 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 240 | 18.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 258 | 18.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 123 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 176 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 88 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 67 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 12.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 7.7 | 10.611 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
- Leiyang in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Lecheng in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Shaoguan in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Hengyang in JanuaryChina · 128 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Lianzhou in JanuaryChina · 131 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Maba in JanuaryChina · 136 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Shixing in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Xiongzhou in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 62 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 Chenzhou) is explained once on the Chenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.