Climate averages 1991–2020

Pingxiang, China weather
in January.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 16.4°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 10.0°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 39 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pingxiang · average highYear overview

January is a mild month in Pingxiang, China: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lạng Sơn (27 km away). In January its highs average 17.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Pingxiang, China, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingxiang, China ranks joint 120th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 607th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Pingxiang, China is 10.6°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 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. 5101520253035 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

Pingxiang, China climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pingxiang, China, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 16.4°C10.0°C10.0°C397.710.911 h
February 18.8°C11.9°C11.9°C297.011.411 h
March 22.2°C15.2°C15.2°C6010.612.012 h
April 26.3°C19.1°C19.1°C8712.212.613 h
May 28.4°C21.8°C21.8°C20319.713.213 h
June 29.6°C23.5°C23.5°C24022.913.513 h
July 29.7°C23.8°C23.8°C24623.213.313 h
August 29.3°C23.1°C23.1°C25623.312.913 h
September 28.0°C21.5°C21.5°C14916.812.312 h
October 25.7°C18.6°C18.6°C709.511.712 h
November 22.3°C14.9°C14.9°C497.111.111 h
December 18.0°C10.9°C10.9°C376.610.811 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

Distance from Pingxiang

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