Climate averages 1991–2020
Loushanguan weather
in January.
A cold, 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 cold month in Loushanguan: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zunyi (51 km away). In January its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Loushanguan, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loushanguan ranks joint 448th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 679th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Loushanguan is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 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
Loushanguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 96 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 137 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 201 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 212 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 170 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 136 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 139 | 18.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 79 | 14.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 12.5 | 10.410 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
- Zunyi in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Wansheng in JanuaryChina · 92 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Gulin in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Gunan in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Nanchuan in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Hejiang in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Xuyong in JanuaryChina · 136 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 60 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 Loushanguan) is explained once on the Loushanguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.