Climate averages 1991–2020

Guyuan weather
in January.

A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -0.3°C Daytime mean, January
Average low -11.1°C Night-time mean, January
Precipitation 7.6 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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January is a freezing month in Guyuan: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 7.6 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingliang (64 km away). In January its highs average 2.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Guyuan, with 8.3 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guyuan ranks joint 702nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 253rd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Guyuan is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 7.6 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Guyuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Guyuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected -0.3°C-11.1°C-11.1°C7.62.810.010 h
February 3.0°C-7.7°C-7.7°C113.410.911 h
March 8.6°C-3.0°C-3.0°C245.911.912 h
April 15.0°C1.9°C1.9°C357.113.113 h
May 19.5°C7.0°C7.0°C518.014.114 h
June 23.3°C11.7°C11.7°C708.814.615 h
July 24.8°C14.5°C14.5°C11212.114.314 h
August 23.3°C13.8°C13.8°C12512.513.514 h
September 18.7°C9.4°C9.4°C9211.112.412 h
October 13.2°C3.0°C3.0°C569.411.311 h
November 7.0°C-3.5°C-3.5°C164.110.310 h
December 1.5°C-8.7°C-8.7°C4.51.89.810 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

Distance from Guyuan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Guyuan) is explained once on the Guyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.