Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganzhou weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ganzhou: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (103 km away). In January its highs average 14.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ganzhou, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ganzhou ranks 160th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 707th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Ganzhou is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 71 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
Ganzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 71 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 149 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 173 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 232 | 17.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 258 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 33.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 175 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 96 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 54 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 55 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 6.4 | 10.611 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
- Xiongzhou in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Shixing in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Dunhou in JanuaryChina · 134 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Ji’an in JanuaryChina · 141 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Xujiang in JanuaryChina · 177 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Lecheng in JanuaryChina · 178 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Shaoguan in JanuaryChina · 179 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Maba in JanuaryChina · 186 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 72 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 Ganzhou) is explained once on the Ganzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.