Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Putian: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Quanzhou (72 km away). In January its highs average 17.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Putian, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 126th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 618th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Putian is 9.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 55 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 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
- Quanzhou in JanuaryChina · 72 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Fuzhou in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JanuaryChina · 80 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Jinjiang in JanuaryChina · 82 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Xiamen in JanuaryChina · 142 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Ningde in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Nanping in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Sanming in JanuaryChina · 166 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 62 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.