Climate averages 1991–2020
Tongren (Guizhou), China weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Tongren (Guizhou), China: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fenghuang (47 km away). In January its highs average 6.7°C, 2.0°C cooler than Tongren (Guizhou), China, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tongren (Guizhou), China ranks joint 338th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 842nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Tongren (Guizhou), China is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 90 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
Tongren (Guizhou), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 81 | 13.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 90 | 14.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 139 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 177 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 220 | 18.1 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 247 | 18.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 190 | 16.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 139 | 14.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 11.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Fenghuang in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Huaihua in JanuaryChina · 82 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Zhonghe in JanuaryChina · 84 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Jishou in JanuaryChina · 86 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Hongjiang in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Zhongduo in JanuaryChina · 132 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Liping in JanuaryChina · 165 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Kaili in JanuaryChina · 173 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 45 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 Tongren) is explained once on the Tongren (Guizhou), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.