Climate averages 1991–2020
Donghe weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Donghe: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangyuan (51 km away). In January its highs average 8.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Donghe, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghe ranks joint 269th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 525th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Donghe is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 37 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
Donghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 315 | 22.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 217 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 119 | 14.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 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
- Guangyuan in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bazhong in JanuaryChina · 58 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Hanzhong in JanuaryChina · 115 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Chenggu in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Dazhou in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Jiangyou in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Xixiang in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 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 Donghe) is explained once on the Donghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.