Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongdu weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Dongdu: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xintai (7 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, about as warm as Dongdu, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongdu ranks joint 559th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 312th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Dongdu is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.5 mm to 15 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
Dongdu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 9.5 | 2.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.5°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 39 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 64 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 83 | 7.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 214 | 14.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 182 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 73 | 6.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 30 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 11 | 2.4 | 9.810 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
- Xintai in JanuaryChina · 7 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Laiwu in JanuaryChina · 38 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -5.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Pingyi in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Sishui in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.1°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Nanma in JanuaryChina · 55 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Tai’an in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Feicheng, China in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Qufu in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 9.6 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 Dongdu) is explained once on the Dongdu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.