Climate averages 1991–2020

Xincheng weather
in January.

A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high -1.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -11.3°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 1.6 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a freezing month in Xincheng: daytime highs average -1.0°C and nights cool to about -11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 1.6 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ālā'ĕr (191 km away). In January its highs average -1.4°C, about as warm as Xincheng, with almost no precipitation (under 1 mm).

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xincheng ranks joint 717th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Xincheng is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 4.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.6 mm to 5.1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Xincheng climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xincheng, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	-1.0°C-11.3°C	-11.3°C	1.6	0.6	9.510 h
February	4.9°C-7.1°C	-7.1°C	5.1	1.5	10.611 h
March	13.7°C-0.4°C	-0.4°C	4.7	1.5	11.912 h
April	22.2°C7.6°C	7.6°C	7.6	2.0	13.313 h
May	27.2°C13.5°C	13.5°C	12	2.7	14.515 h
June	31.3°C18.0°C	18.0°C	13	3.9	15.115 h
July	33.1°C20.2°C	20.2°C	13	3.8	14.915 h
August	31.7°C18.9°C	18.9°C	13	3.6	13.914 h
September	26.6°C13.6°C	13.6°C	10	2.8	12.513 h
October	18.3°C5.4°C	5.4°C	8.0	1.7	11.111 h
November	8.4°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	5.6	1.4	9.910 h
December	0.3°C-8.9°C	-8.9°C	1.8	0.5	9.29 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Xincheng

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