Climate averages 1991–2020
Lu’an weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Lu’an: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyang (38 km away). In January its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Lu’an, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lu’an ranks joint 395th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 659th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Lu’an is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 50 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
Lu’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 72 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 173 | 11.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 183 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 150 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 77 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 48 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 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
- Wuyang in JanuaryChina · 38 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Hefei in JanuaryChina · 74 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Lucheng in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Huainan in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Chaohu in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Anqing in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Fuyang in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Huangchuan in JanuaryChina · 146 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 34 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 Lu’an) is explained once on the Lu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.