Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangsi weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Shangsi: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fangchenggang (58 km away). In January its highs average 17.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Shangsi, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangsi ranks joint 108th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 597th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shangsi is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 28 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
Shangsi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 38 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 28 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 197 | 19.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 219 | 21.7 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 227 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 265 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 163 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 80 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 54 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.811 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
- Fangchenggang in JanuaryChina · 58 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Dongxing in JanuaryChina · 67 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Chongzuo in JanuaryChina · 68 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Móng Cái in JanuaryVietnam · 70 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Qinzhou in JanuaryChina · 72 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Nanning in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Xichang, China in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Pingxiang, China in JanuaryChina · 126 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 39 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 Shangsi) is explained once on the Shangsi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.