Climate averages 1991–2020
Liuzhi 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 Liuzhi: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (51 km away). In January its highs average 8.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Liuzhi, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liuzhi ranks joint 258th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 728th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Liuzhi is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 51 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
Liuzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 62 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 51 | 13.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 16.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 82 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 118 | 18.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 190 | 20.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 310 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 270 | 23.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 179 | 20.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 138 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 131 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 73 | 14.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 10.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 52 | 12.8 | 10.511 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
- Anshun in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Liupanshui in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Xingren in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Bijie in JanuaryChina · 120 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Anlong in JanuaryChina · 126 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Guiyang in JanuaryChina · 134 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Xingyi in JanuaryChina · 137 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Qujing in JanuaryChina · 184 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 41 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 Liuzhi) is explained once on the Liuzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.