Climate averages 1991–2020
Qincheng weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Qincheng: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianchang (40 km away). In January its highs average 11.6°C, about as warm as Qincheng, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qincheng ranks 167th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 858th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Qincheng is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 101 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
Qincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 101 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 229 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 279 | 17.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 306 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 360 | 18.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 142 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 87 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 63 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 87 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 71 | 7.7 | 10.510 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
- Jianchang in JanuaryChina · 40 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Xujiang in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Aoxi in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Bashan in JanuaryChina · 78 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Xiugu in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in JanuaryChina · 85 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Shaowu in JanuaryChina · 95 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Jinfeng in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 83 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 Qincheng) is explained once on the Qincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.