Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang 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 Lincang: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianshui (123 km away). In January its highs average 15.1°C, 4.2°C cooler than Lincang, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 40th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 537th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Lincang is 13.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 27 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 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
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Ning’er in JanuaryChina · 134 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Menglang in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Pu'er in JanuaryChina · 151 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Longling County in JanuaryChina · 163 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Menghuan in JanuaryChina · 165 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 167 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 167 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.