Climate averages 1991–2020
Wansheng weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Wansheng: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanchuan (27 km away). In January its highs average 9.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Wansheng, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wansheng ranks joint 214th of 884 for the warmest January highs and 671st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wansheng is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 52 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
Wansheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 49 | 12.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 95 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 140 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 195 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 19.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 168 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 136 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 12.5 | 10.310 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
- Nanchuan in JanuaryChina · 27 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Gunan in JanuaryChina · 28 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Banan in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Luohuang in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Jijiang in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Chongqing in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Degan in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 39 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 Wansheng) is explained once on the Wansheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.