Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiyan weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Shiyan: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danjiangkou (69 km away). In January its highs average 8.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Shiyan, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiyan ranks joint 403rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shiyan is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 27 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
Shiyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 48 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 78 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 130 | 12.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 99 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 76 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Danjiangkou in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Laohekou in JanuaryChina · 88 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Dengzhou in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in JanuaryChina · 138 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Zhenping in JanuaryChina · 142 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Xiangyang in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Shangluo in JanuaryChina · 157 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 15 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 Shiyan) is explained once on the Shiyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.