Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In January its highs average 18.8°C, 6.6°C warmer than Lijiang, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks 164th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 414th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Lijiang is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 17 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in JanuaryChina · 131 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Dali in JanuaryChina · 143 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 167 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 172 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 179 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 222 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.