Climate averages 1991–2020

Lintong weather
in January.

A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 6.8°C Daytime mean, January
Average low -3.4°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 6.0 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lintong · average highYear overview

January is a cold month in Lintong: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (29 km away). In January its highs average 5.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Lintong, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lintong ranks joint 462nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and 201st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Lintong is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lintong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lintong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 6.8°C-3.4°C-3.4°C6.02.110.110 h
February 10.7°C-0.9°C-0.9°C112.510.911 h
March 16.6°C3.8°C3.8°C214.511.912 h
April 23.2°C9.6°C9.6°C345.413.013 h
May 27.7°C14.8°C14.8°C506.613.914 h
June 31.9°C19.6°C19.6°C626.914.414 h
July 32.9°C22.6°C22.6°C989.814.214 h
August 31.3°C21.7°C21.7°C939.813.413 h
September 26.0°C16.6°C16.6°C909.612.412 h
October 20.3°C10.4°C10.4°C547.311.411 h
November 13.9°C3.5°C3.5°C275.110.410 h
December 8.1°C-2.1°C-2.1°C8.02.39.910 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

Distance from Lintong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lintong) is explained once on the Lintong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.