Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Guilin: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangshuo (59 km away). In January its highs average 13.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Guilin, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 158th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 880th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Guilin is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 107 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
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 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
- Yangshuo in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Liuzhou in JanuaryChina · 139 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Liping in JanuaryChina · 157 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Hezhou in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Wugang in JanuaryChina · 164 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Yongzhou in JanuaryChina · 183 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Yizhou in JanuaryChina · 186 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Laibin in JanuaryChina · 202 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 83 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 Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.