Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahecheng weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Shahecheng: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xingtai (14 km away). In January its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Shahecheng, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shahecheng ranks joint 544th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 125th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shahecheng is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 6.1 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
Shahecheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.9°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 6.1 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 28 | 4.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 58 | 6.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 148 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 130 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.4°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 9.710 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
- Xingtai in JanuaryChina · 14 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -5.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Handan in JanuaryChina · 37 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Hecun in JanuaryChina · 57 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Linshui in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Nangong in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -5.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Huaiyang in JanuaryChina · 92 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -6.2°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Anyang in JanuaryChina · 94 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.8°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Luancheng in JanuaryChina · 106 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.2°C · 2.7 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 Shahecheng) is explained once on the Shahecheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xingtai lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.