Climate averages 1991–2020
Chuxiong weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Chuxiong: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longquan (74 km away). In January its highs average 17.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chuxiong, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chuxiong ranks joint 118th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 484th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Chuxiong is 10.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 16 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
Chuxiong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 166 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 24.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 126 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 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
- Longquan in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Anning in JanuaryChina · 96 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 96 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Haikou, China in JanuaryChina · 108 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Majie in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 112 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 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 Chuxiong) is explained once on the Chuxiong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.