Climate averages 1991–2020
Wayaobu weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: 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 Wayaobu: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.9 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yan’an (62 km away). In January its highs average 2.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than Wayaobu, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wayaobu ranks joint 683rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 171st of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wayaobu is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 5.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 4.9 mm to 8.7 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Wayaobu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.7°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 116 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 136 | 11.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.1°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Yan’an in JanuaryChina · 62 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Yulinshi in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -11.9°C · 3.7 mm precipitation
- Lüliang in JanuaryChina · 138 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.8°C · 5.3 mm precipitation
- Xinzhi in JanuaryChina · 195 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Hancheng in JanuaryChina · 199 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Jiexiu in JanuaryChina · 200 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -6.5°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Linfen in JanuaryChina · 203 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in JanuaryChina · 235 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 6.9 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 Wayaobu) is explained once on the Wayaobu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.