Climate averages 1991–2020

Pingwu County weather
in January.

A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 6.6°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 0.6°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 18 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pingwu County · average highYear overview

January is a cold month in Pingwu County: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyou (73 km away). In January its highs average 8.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Pingwu County, with 11 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingwu County ranks joint 471st 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; Pingwu County is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 29 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Pingwu County climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pingwu County, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 6.6°C0.6°C0.6°C186.110.310 h
February 9.0°C2.7°C2.7°C299.611.011 h
March 13.7°C6.2°C6.2°C5314.312.012 h
April 19.3°C11.1°C11.1°C8317.313.013 h
May 22.8°C15.4°C15.4°C11619.513.814 h
June 25.6°C18.8°C18.8°C15519.914.214 h
July 27.3°C20.9°C20.9°C27123.814.114 h
August 26.7°C20.4°C20.4°C23623.213.313 h
September 22.5°C17.5°C17.5°C20423.012.412 h
October 17.7°C12.9°C12.9°C12121.111.411 h
November 13.0°C7.4°C7.4°C4912.410.511 h
December 8.0°C2.2°C2.2°C165.510.110 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

Distance from Pingwu County

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