Climate averages 1991–2020
Duyun weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Duyun: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushan (48 km away). In January its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Duyun, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Duyun ranks joint 338th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 864th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Duyun is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 86 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
Duyun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 86 | 15.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 86 | 14.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 149 | 20.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 183 | 21.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 253 | 21.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 26.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 288 | 23.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 223 | 22.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 156 | 19.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 25.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 117 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 112 | 13.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 78 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 56 | 11.0 | 10.511 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
- Dushan in JanuaryChina · 48 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Kaili in JanuaryChina · 58 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Guiyang in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Anshun in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Liping in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Zunyi in JanuaryChina · 169 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Hechi in JanuaryChina · 184 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Liuzhi in JanuaryChina · 209 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 62 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 Duyun) is explained once on the Duyun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.