Climate averages 1991–2020

Wuzhishan weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.9°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 15.2°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 15 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wuzhishan · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Wuzhishan: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanya (59 km away). In January its highs average 24.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Wuzhishan, with 12 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuzhishan ranks joint 5th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 397th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wuzhishan is 17.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 21 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. 101520253035 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Wuzhishan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wuzhishan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 22.9°C15.2°C15.2°C153.911.111 h
February 24.7°C16.8°C16.8°C215.211.512 h
March 27.4°C19.4°C19.4°C357.812.012 h
April 29.4°C22.1°C22.1°C9714.212.613 h
May 30.2°C23.8°C23.8°C18622.613.013 h
June 30.1°C24.6°C24.6°C18823.613.213 h
July 29.9°C24.4°C24.4°C24824.413.113 h
August 29.7°C24.2°C24.2°C27426.312.813 h
September 29.1°C23.4°C23.4°C24824.312.312 h
October 27.6°C21.3°C21.3°C15215.011.712 h
November 25.6°C18.8°C18.8°C537.111.311 h
December 22.9°C15.9°C15.9°C243.911.011 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 Wuzhishan

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 Wuzhishan) is explained once on the Wuzhishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.