Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In January its highs average 16.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Jianshui, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks 131st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 754th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jianshui is 9.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 49 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Longquan in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Lincang in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Yuxi in JanuaryChina · 134 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 139 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Ning’er in JanuaryChina · 139 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Anning in JanuaryChina · 146 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 27 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.