Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusong weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gusong: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuyong (25 km away). In January its highs average 10.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gusong, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gusong ranks joint 267th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 831st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Gusong is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 68 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
Gusong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 79 | 18.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 15.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 92 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 114 | 17.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 152 | 18.1 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 216 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 240 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 223 | 19.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 152 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 128 | 20.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 92 | 16.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 76 | 16.3 | 10.410 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
- Xuyong in JanuaryChina · 25 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Changning in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 6.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Xunchang in JanuaryChina · 53 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Gulin in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Nanxi in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Luzhou in JanuaryChina · 67 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Junlian in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Yibin in JanuaryChina · 77 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 24 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 Gusong) is explained once on the Gusong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.