Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenzhou weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Wenzhou: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rui’an (25 km away). In January its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Wenzhou, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenzhou ranks 165th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 800th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wenzhou is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 82 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
Wenzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 73 | 10.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 82 | 11.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 134 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 132 | 15.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 189 | 15.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 290 | 18.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 191 | 16.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 254 | 19.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 171 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 82 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 14.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 8.4 | 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
- Rui’an in JanuaryChina · 25 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Jinxiang in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Fuding in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Lishui in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Taizhou (Zhejiang), China in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Guli in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Songcheng in JanuaryChina · 141 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Fu’an in JanuaryChina · 143 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 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 Wenzhou) is explained once on the Wenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.