Climate averages 1991–2020
Qingyang weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Qingyang: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingliang (89 km away). In January its highs average 2.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Qingyang, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingyang ranks joint 674th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 202nd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Qingyang is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 4.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 6.1 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Qingyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 6.1 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 10 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 21 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 36 | 6.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 51 | 7.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 7.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 122 | 11.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 136 | 12.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 20.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 103 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 60 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 8.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 20 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 2.5°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 4.3 | 1.5 | 9.810 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Pingliang in JanuaryChina · 89 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -8.0°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Guyuan in JanuaryChina · 127 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -11.1°C · 7.6 mm precipitation
- Tongchuanshi in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Tongchuan in JanuaryChina · 149 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.7°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Guozhen in JanuaryChina · 152 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Baoji in JanuaryChina · 154 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Xianyang in JanuaryChina · 180 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Yan’an in JanuaryChina · 193 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 6.3 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 Qingyang) is explained once on the Qingyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.