Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiudian weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Jiudian: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanshang (28 km away). In January its highs average 3.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jiudian, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiudian ranks 637th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 291st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jiudian is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 15 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
Jiudian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 38 | 4.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 61 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 74 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 198 | 13.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 178 | 13.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 62 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 28 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.8°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 12 | 2.5 | 9.710 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
- Yuanshang in JanuaryChina · 28 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Laizhou in JanuaryChina · 31 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Laixi in JanuaryChina · 32 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Pingdu in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Laiyang in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Jiangshan in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.6°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Liaolan in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -5.2°C · 8.7 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 Jiudian) is explained once on the Jiudian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.