Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinchang 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.
January is a freezing month in Jinchang: daytime highs average -0.9°C and nights cool to about -11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuwei (74 km away). In January its highs average -0.4°C, about as warm as Jinchang, with 1.7 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinchang ranks joint 714th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 9th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jinchang is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 3.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.1 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Jinchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.9°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 4.0 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 7.9 | 2.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 15 | 4.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 23 | 5.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 33 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 0.7°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.510 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
- Wuwei in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -11.0°C · 1.7 mm precipitation
- Zhangye in JanuaryChina · 159 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -13.0°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Qiaotou in JanuaryChina · 180 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -17.2°C · 5.0 mm precipitation
- Xining in JanuaryChina · 212 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -12.3°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in JanuaryChina · 226 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -13.3°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Baiyin in JanuaryChina · 279 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -10.9°C · 3.4 mm precipitation
- Zhongwei in JanuaryChina · 285 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -9.6°C · 2.4 mm precipitation
- Bayan Hot in JanuaryChina · 304 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -10.6°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
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 Jinchang) is explained once on the Jinchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.