Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuyishan weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Wuyishan: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th 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 Shaowu (71 km away). In January its highs average 13.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wuyishan, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuyishan ranks 161st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 875th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wuyishan is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 110 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
Wuyishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 93 | 11.7 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 110 | 13.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 226 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 249 | 17.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 305 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 415 | 21.4 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 190 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 203 | 18.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 117 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 64 | 7.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 84 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 75 | 9.0 | 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
- Shaowu in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Shangrao in JanuaryChina · 77 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Huayuan in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Yingtan in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Xiugu in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Nanping in JanuaryChina · 125 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Jianchang in JanuaryChina · 139 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Jinfeng in JanuaryChina · 150 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 83 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 Wuyishan) is explained once on the Wuyishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.