Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangmei weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Shangmei: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lengshuijiang (15 km away). In January its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Shangmei, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangmei ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 782nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shangmei is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 80 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
Shangmei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 68 | 12.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 80 | 13.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 138 | 16.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 185 | 17.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 236 | 17.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 291 | 19.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 217 | 16.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 144 | 15.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 84 | 11.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 86 | 10.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 10.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 53 | 9.2 | 10.410 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
- Lengshuijiang in JanuaryChina · 15 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Shaoyang in JanuaryChina · 58 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Loudi in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Gantang in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Yongfeng in JanuaryChina · 92 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Shaoshan in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Huaihua in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 90 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 Shangmei) is explained once on the Shangmei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.