Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: one of 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 Xichang: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry 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 Zhaotong (157 km away). In January its highs average 8.8°C, 4.6°C cooler than Xichang, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 154th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Xichang is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 18 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Zhaotong in JanuaryChina · 157 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -2.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Junlian in JanuaryChina · 223 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Shuifu in JanuaryChina · 225 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Lijiang in JanuaryChina · 232 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Leshan in JanuaryChina · 236 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Kangding in JanuaryChina · 236 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Luocheng in JanuaryChina · 239 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Baixi in JanuaryChina · 241 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 43 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.