Climate averages 1991–2020
Leshan weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Leshan: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luocheng (32 km away). In January its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Leshan, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Leshan ranks joint 231st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 657th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Leshan is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 41 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
Leshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 46 | 12.1 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 41 | 11.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 83 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 125 | 14.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 228 | 19.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 242 | 19.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 128 | 16.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 84 | 17.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 59 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 11.9 | 10.310 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
- Luocheng in JanuaryChina · 32 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Meishan in JanuaryChina · 54 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Ya'an in JanuaryChina · 88 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Zigong in JanuaryChina · 101 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ziyang in JanuaryChina · 106 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Shuifu in JanuaryChina · 121 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Baixi in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Yibin in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 5.7°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 Leshan) is explained once on the Leshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.