Climate averages 1991–2020
Guang’an weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Guang’an: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanchong (64 km away). In January its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Guang’an, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guang’an ranks joint 188th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 575th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Guang’an is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 42 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
Guang’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 35 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 85 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 126 | 13.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 171 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 186 | 15.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 204 | 16.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 174 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 136 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 125 | 15.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 9.4 | 10.210 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
- Nanchong in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Hechuan in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Guixi in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Beibei in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Yanjia in JanuaryChina · 80 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 83 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Zitong in JanuaryChina · 84 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Huixing in JanuaryChina · 88 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 28 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 Guang’an) is explained once on the Guang’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.