Climate averages 1991–2020

Wulong 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.

Approximate: the model cell is 462 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 3.0°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.

Average high 9.8°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 4.5°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 57 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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January is a cool month in Wulong: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanjia (39 km away). In January its highs average 9.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Wulong, with 67 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wulong ranks joint 250th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 698th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wulong is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 65 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Wulong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wulong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 9.8°C4.5°C4.5°C5712.210.510 h
February 12.2°C6.6°C6.6°C6512.911.111 h
March 16.7°C10.3°C10.3°C10916.712.012 h
April 22.1°C15.3°C15.3°C15817.812.913 h
May 26.1°C19.5°C19.5°C20919.213.614 h
June 29.1°C22.9°C22.9°C21518.714.014 h
July 31.6°C25.2°C25.2°C19319.213.814 h
August 31.8°C25.2°C25.2°C16216.613.213 h
September 27.5°C21.6°C21.6°C13713.812.412 h
October 21.7°C16.6°C16.6°C14516.711.511 h
November 16.8°C11.6°C11.6°C9913.710.711 h
December 11.6°C6.4°C6.4°C5411.910.310 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

Distance from Wulong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wulong) is explained once on the Wulong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.