Climate averages 1991–2020
Shantou weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Shantou: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chenghua (15 km away). In January its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Shantou, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shantou ranks joint 88th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 650th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shantou is 12.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 64 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
Shantou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 45 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 18.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 64 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 21.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 113 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 185 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 239 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 188 | 17.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 238 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 156 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 56 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 59 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 51 | 5.8 | 10.711 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
- Chenghua in JanuaryChina · 15 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Haimen in JanuaryChina · 19 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Chaozhou in JanuaryChina · 34 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Jieyang in JanuaryChina · 38 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Puning in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Huicheng (Guangdong), China in JanuaryChina · 53 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Jiazi in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 27 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 Shantou) is explained once on the Shantou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.