Climate averages 1991–2020
Menglang weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Menglang: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 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 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (83 km away). In January its highs average 23.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Menglang, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Menglang ranks joint 11th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 537th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Menglang is 16.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 17 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
Menglang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 17 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 142 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 188 | 23.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 26.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 245 | 27.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 160 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 118 | 17.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 50 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 25 | 4.5 | 10.811 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
- Möng Yang in JanuaryMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in JanuaryMyanmar · 104 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Pu'er in JanuaryChina · 112 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Ning’er in JanuaryChina · 127 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Lincang in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lashio in JanuaryMyanmar · 225 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 233 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 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 Menglang) is explained once on the Menglang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.