Climate averages 1991–2020
Encheng weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Encheng: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tangping (42 km away). In January its highs average 19.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Encheng, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Encheng ranks joint 47th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 629th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Encheng is 13.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 51 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
Encheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 42 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 10.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 97 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 173 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 270 | 22.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 303 | 24.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 243 | 23.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 280 | 24.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 194 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 82 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 40 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 37 | 5.2 | 10.811 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
- Tangping in JanuaryChina · 42 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Changsha, China in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Taishan in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Yangjiang in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Yangchun in JanuaryChina · 54 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Yunfu in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Jiangmen in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Shaping in JanuaryChina · 93 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 37 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 Encheng) is explained once on the Encheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.