Climate averages 1991–2020
Qionghai weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Qionghai: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenchang (49 km away). In January its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Qionghai, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qionghai ranks 10th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 484th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Qionghai is 16.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 26 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
Qionghai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 42 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 73 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 16.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 142 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 177 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 234 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 243 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 203 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 65 | 11.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 36 | 7.0 | 11.011 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
- Wenchang in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Wanning in JanuaryChina · 50 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Qiongshan in JanuaryChina · 86 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Haikou in JanuaryChina · 89 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Nada in JanuaryChina · 98 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in JanuaryChina · 113 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Dacheng in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Xucheng in JanuaryChina · 125 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 24 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 Qionghai) is explained once on the Qionghai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.