Climate averages 1991–2020

Meizhou weather
in January.

A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 18.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 8.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 45 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Meizhou: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Xingning (43 km away). In January its highs average 17.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Meizhou, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Meizhou ranks joint 76th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 650th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Meizhou is 12.4°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 64 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Meizhou climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Meizhou, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	18.3°C8.5°C	8.5°C	45	5.6	10.811 h
February	19.8°C10.6°C	10.6°C	64	9.9	11.311 h
March	22.6°C13.7°C	13.7°C	113	14.0	12.012 h
April	26.3°C18.0°C	18.0°C	149	15.2	12.713 h
May	28.8°C21.5°C	21.5°C	224	18.3	13.313 h
June	30.4°C23.9°C	23.9°C	256	20.8	13.614 h
July	32.1°C24.8°C	24.8°C	176	17.9	13.513 h
August	32.2°C24.8°C	24.8°C	203	19.5	13.013 h
September	31.0°C23.2°C	23.2°C	118	13.3	12.312 h
October	28.9°C19.6°C	19.6°C	44	5.4	11.612 h
November	25.1°C14.8°C	14.8°C	38	4.7	11.011 h
December	19.7°C9.6°C	9.6°C	38	5.2	10.711 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 Meizhou

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 Meizhou) is explained once on the Meizhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.