Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaozhou 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 Gaozhou: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.5°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 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maoming (29 km away). In January its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Gaozhou, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gaozhou ranks joint 16th 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; Gaozhou is 15.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 43 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
Gaozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 42 | 7.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 43 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 82 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 158 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 269 | 22.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 328 | 24.8 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 250 | 23.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 267 | 23.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 150 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 55 | 6.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 33 | 5.1 | 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
- Maoming in JanuaryChina · 29 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Huazhou in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Xinyi in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Wuchuan in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Lianjiang in JanuaryChina · 67 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Zhanjiang in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Yangchun in JanuaryChina · 99 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Beiliu in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 69 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 Gaozhou) is explained once on the Gaozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.