Climate averages 1991–2020
Gucheng Chengguanzhen weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gucheng Chengguanzhen: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laohekou (14 km away). In January its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Gucheng Chengguanzhen, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gucheng Chengguanzhen ranks joint 379th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 457th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Gucheng Chengguanzhen is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 27 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
Gucheng Chengguanzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 22 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 60 | 7.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 90 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 121 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 145 | 13.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 156 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 90 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 66 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 43 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Laohekou in JanuaryChina · 14 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Xiangyang in JanuaryChina · 54 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in JanuaryChina · 57 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Dengzhou in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Shiyan in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Zhenping in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Zaoyang in JanuaryChina · 106 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 19 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 Gucheng Chengguanzhen) is explained once on the Gucheng Chengguanzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.