Climate averages 1991–2020
Micheng weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Micheng: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangcheng (16 km away). In January its highs average 14.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Micheng, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Micheng ranks joint 108th 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; Micheng is 11.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 24 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
Micheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 31 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 43 | 6.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 90 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 147 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 26.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 220 | 25.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 13.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in JanuaryChina · 16 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 22 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Dali in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Jinniu in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Chuxiong in JanuaryChina · 112 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 136 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 140 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 Micheng) is explained once on the Micheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.