Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Gengqing: daytime highs average -12.9°C and nights cool to about -25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 14.9°C warmer than Gengqing, with 5.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks joint 851st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 333rd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Gengqing is 18.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to -10.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 10 mm to 17 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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 153 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -11.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 198 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
- Kangding in JanuaryChina · 380 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Ya'an in JanuaryChina · 468 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JanuaryChina · 520 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -13.6°C · 9.2 mm precipitation
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in JanuaryChina · 537 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Chengdu in JanuaryChina · 537 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Meishan in JanuaryChina · 539 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 36 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.