Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinniu weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd 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 Jinniu: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangcheng (37 km away). In January its highs average 14.9°C, 3.9°C cooler than Jinniu, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinniu ranks joint 59th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 381st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jinniu is 12.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 12 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
Jinniu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 140 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 199 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 199 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 142 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in JanuaryChina · 37 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Dali in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Lijiang in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Chuxiong in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 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 Jinniu) is explained once on the Jinniu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.