Climate averages 1991–2020
Hanchuan 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 Hanchuan: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caidian (27 km away). In January its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Hanchuan, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hanchuan ranks joint 285th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 642nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Hanchuan is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 60 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
Hanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 60 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 90 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 148 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 185 | 12.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 243 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 230 | 14.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 93 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 69 | 7.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Caidian in JanuaryChina · 27 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Xiaogan in JanuaryChina · 34 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Chengzhong in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Xiantao in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Wuhan in JanuaryChina · 48 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Jingling in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Anlu in JanuaryChina · 68 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Xinshi in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 40 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 Hanchuan) is explained once on the Hanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.