Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunan weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Gunan: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (28 km away). In January its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Gunan, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gunan ranks joint 198th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 659th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Gunan is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 46 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
Gunan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 47 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 85 | 15.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 125 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 17.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 188 | 17.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 153 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 122 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 126 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 86 | 13.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in JanuaryChina · 28 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Banan in JanuaryChina · 41 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Luohuang in JanuaryChina · 41 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Nanchuan in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Jijiang in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Degan in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Chongqing in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.1°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 Gunan) is explained once on the Gunan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.