Climate averages 1991–2020
Longquan weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Longquan: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anning (43 km away). In January its highs average 15.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Longquan, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longquan ranks joint 98th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Longquan is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 16 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
Longquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 168 | 19.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 220 | 24.9 | 13.514 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 202 | 23.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 129 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 74 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.611 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
- Anning in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Haikou, China in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Yuxi in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Majie in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Kunming in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Chuxiong in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Miyang in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 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 Longquan) is explained once on the Longquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.