Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizilu weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Shizilu: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linyi (46 km away). In January its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Shizilu, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shizilu ranks joint 549th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 381st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shizilu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 19 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
Shizilu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 29 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 5.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 95 | 7.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 226 | 14.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 180 | 14.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 81 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 31 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 30 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.4°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 9.810 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
- Linyi in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Rizhao in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Yishui in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Lianyungang in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Feicheng, China in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Xinyi, China in JanuaryChina · 98 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Jiayue in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiefu in JanuaryChina · 101 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 18 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 Shizilu) is explained once on the Shizilu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.