Climate averages 1991–2020
Mianyang, China weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Mianyang, China: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanzhong (32 km away). In January its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Mianyang, China, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mianyang, China ranks joint 455th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 427th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Mianyang, China is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 30 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
Mianyang, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 30 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 112 | 15.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 147 | 14.8 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 247 | 21.6 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 188 | 19.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 210 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 125 | 15.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 10.510 h |
| December | 8.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 22 | 6.1 | 10.010 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
- Hanzhong in JanuaryChina · 32 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Chenggu in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Xixiang in JanuaryChina · 101 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Donghe in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Guangyuan in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bazhong in JanuaryChina · 143 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Baoji in JanuaryChina · 144 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Guozhen in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 14 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 Mianyang) is explained once on the Mianyang, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.