Climate averages 1991–2020
Jing’an weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Jing’an: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Macau (26 km away). In January its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Jing’an, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jing’an ranks joint 70th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 570th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jing’an is 12.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 46 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
Jing’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 46 | 8.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 77 | 12.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 130 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 289 | 22.7 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 312 | 23.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 223 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 78 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 4.5 | 10.811 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
- Macau in JanuaryMacao · 26 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Zhuhai in JanuaryChina · 29 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Zhongshan in JanuaryChina · 36 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Jiangmen in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Taishan in JanuaryChina · 53 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Nantou, China in JanuaryChina · 57 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Changsha, China in JanuaryChina · 65 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 33 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in JanuaryHong Kong · 67 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 24 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 Jing’an) is explained once on the Jing’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.