Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thimphu (212 km away). In January its highs average 7.2°C, 3.2°C warmer than Rikaze, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 587th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Rikaze is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 1.4 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.310 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
- Thimphu in JanuaryBhutan · 212 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Gangtok in JanuaryIndia · 216 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 253 mm rain
- Dārjiling in JanuaryIndia · 254 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Jaigaon in JanuaryIndia · 271 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Lhoka in JanuaryChina · 280 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.8°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Siliguri in JanuaryIndia · 286 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in JanuaryIndia · 304 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Dharān in JanuaryNepal · 313 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 9.5 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.