Climate averages 1991–2020
Puning weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Puning: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 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 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jieyang (33 km away). In January its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Puning, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Puning ranks joint 40th 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; Puning is 13.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 42 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
Puning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 42 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 114 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 203 | 18.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 261 | 22.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 226 | 21.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 276 | 23.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 179 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 54 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 50 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 39 | 4.8 | 10.711 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
- Jieyang in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Huicheng (Guangdong), China in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Hepo in JanuaryChina · 37 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Haimen in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Jiazi in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Shantou in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Chaozhou in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Chenghua in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 29 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 Puning) is explained once on the Puning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.