Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangshan weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Huangshan: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huicheng (Anhui), China (21 km away). In January its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Huangshan, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangshan ranks joint 346th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 849th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Huangshan is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 100 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
Huangshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 100 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 174 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 210 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 231 | 14.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 384 | 18.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 16.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 88 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 76 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 10.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 60 | 8.1 | 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
- Huicheng (Anhui), China in JanuaryChina · 21 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Quzhou in JanuaryChina · 99 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Jingdezhen in JanuaryChina · 117 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Lanxi (Zhejiang), China in JanuaryChina · 125 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Chizhou in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Xuancheng in JanuaryChina · 144 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Shangrao in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Jinhua in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 73 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 Huangshan) is explained once on the Huangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.