Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichuan weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Lichuan: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enshi (61 km away). In January its highs average 8.2°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lichuan, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lichuan ranks joint 553rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 737th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Lichuan is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 73 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
Lichuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 63 | 12.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 73 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 11.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 178 | 17.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 20.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 226 | 18.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 265 | 19.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 276 | 22.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 171 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 146 | 15.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 101 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 60 | 12.3 | 10.210 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
- Enshi in JanuaryChina · 61 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Wanzhou in JanuaryChina · 68 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Nanbin in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 86 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Yezhou in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Yong’an in JanuaryChina · 99 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Hanfeng in JanuaryChina · 106 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Linjiang in JanuaryChina · 107 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 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 Lichuan) is explained once on the Lichuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.