Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiyuan weather
in January.
A cold, very 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 Taiyuan: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhong (27 km away). In January its highs average 2.0°C, about as warm as Taiyuan, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taiyuan ranks joint 641st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 125th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Taiyuan is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 7.2 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
Taiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 6.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 55 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 110 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 99 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Jinzhong in JanuaryChina · 27 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -8.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Xinzhou in JanuaryChina · 62 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -11.0°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Yangquan in JanuaryChina · 88 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Yuanping in JanuaryChina · 96 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -12.2°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Jiexiu in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -6.5°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Lüliang in JanuaryChina · 131 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.8°C · 5.3 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in JanuaryChina · 161 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -14.2°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Shijiazhuang in JanuaryChina · 169 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 3.2 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 Taiyuan) is explained once on the Taiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.