Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhua 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 Dunhua: daytime highs average -10.2°C and nights cool to about -20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 7.8 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In January its highs average -10.5°C, about as warm as Dunhua, with 9.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks 816th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 256th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Dunhua is 16.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.6°C to -5.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 7.8 mm to 14 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
Dunhua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -10.2°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | -5.6°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 52 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 89 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 174 | 15.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 158 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 43 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -7.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Jiaohe in JanuaryChina · 82 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -21.5°C · 9.1 mm precipitation
- Helong in JanuaryChina · 111 kmHigh -7.3°C · Low -19.6°C · 7.7 mm precipitation
- Yanji in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -17.7°C · 7.5 mm precipitation
- Longjing in JanuaryChina · 118 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -18.3°C · 7.8 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -18.4°C · 7.5 mm precipitation
- Huadian in JanuaryChina · 128 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -20.7°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Tumen in JanuaryChina · 138 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -17.3°C · 7.8 mm precipitation
- Jilin in JanuaryChina · 144 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -21.1°C · 8.6 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 Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.