Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China weather
in January.
A mild, fairly 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 Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mengzi (38 km away). In January its highs average 16.6°C, 1.8°C cooler than Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China ranks joint 76th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 427th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China is 12.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 11 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
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 120 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 160 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 91 | 14.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 15 | 2.3 | 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
- Mengzi in JanuaryChina · 38 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Gejiu in JanuaryChina · 40 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Miyang in JanuaryChina · 80 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Zhongshu in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Wenshan City in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Yuxi in JanuaryChina · 106 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Haikou, China in JanuaryChina · 141 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Lào Cai in JanuaryVietnam · 151 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 96 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 Kaiyuan) is explained once on the Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.