Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Sanming: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks 124th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 728th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Sanming is 9.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 81 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Shaowu in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Longyan in JanuaryChina · 144 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Xujiang in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Qincheng in JanuaryChina · 152 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Putian in JanuaryChina · 166 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Fuzhou in JanuaryChina · 170 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.