Climate averages 1991–2020

Sanhe, China weather
in January.

A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 11.0°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 4.8°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 41 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sanhe · average highYear overview

January is a cool month in Sanhe, China: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fuling (37 km away). In January its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Sanhe, China, with 33 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanhe, China ranks joint 188th 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; Sanhe, China is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 50 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sanhe, China climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sanhe, China, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 11.0°C4.8°C4.8°C419.210.510 h
February 13.5°C6.5°C6.5°C5010.211.111 h
March 17.8°C9.7°C9.7°C10115.512.012 h
April 22.7°C14.3°C14.3°C15517.312.913 h
May 26.1°C18.2°C18.2°C21319.013.614 h
June 29.0°C21.9°C21.9°C22619.114.014 h
July 32.1°C24.3°C24.3°C22419.413.914 h
August 32.2°C24.2°C24.2°C19818.613.213 h
September 28.0°C20.6°C20.6°C14814.012.412 h
October 22.1°C16.1°C16.1°C14116.211.511 h
November 17.5°C11.2°C11.2°C9112.410.711 h
December 12.4°C6.6°C6.6°C4410.010.310 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

Distance from Sanhe

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sanhe) is explained once on the Sanhe, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.