Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangcheng weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Xiangcheng: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yunnanyi (14 km away). In January its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Xiangcheng, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangcheng ranks 135th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 445th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Xiangcheng is 9.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 17 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
Xiangcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 136 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 201 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 202 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Yunnanyi in JanuaryChina · 14 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Micheng in JanuaryChina · 16 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Jinniu in JanuaryChina · 37 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Dali in JanuaryChina · 38 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Chuxiong in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 146 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 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 Xiangcheng) is explained once on the Xiangcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.