Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Datong: daytime highs average -2.8°C and nights cool to about -15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.6 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (40 km away). In January its highs average -4.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Datong, with 2.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks 743rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 63rd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Datong is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.6 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Beichengqu in JanuaryChina · 40 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -16.6°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Ulanqab in JanuaryChina · 101 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -18.2°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -14.2°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Zhangjiakou in JanuaryChina · 154 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -15.0°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Hohhot in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -17.3°C · 3.5 mm precipitation
- Yuanping in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -12.2°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Xuanhua in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -13.2°C · 2.3 mm precipitation
- Xinzhou in JanuaryChina · 193 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -11.0°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.