Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinyuan weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Xinyuan: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (160 km away). In January its highs average -8.0°C, 9.1°C cooler than Xinyuan, with 4.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinyuan ranks joint 678th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 436th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Xinyuan is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 4.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 19 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Xinyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.1°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 21 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 37 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 9.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.4°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.09 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
- Wusu in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -12.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 164 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 188 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in JanuaryChina · 192 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in JanuaryChina · 203 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -11.4°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 243 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in JanuaryChina · 244 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -17.6°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Karamay in JanuaryChina · 273 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.4°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
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 Xinyuan) is explained once on the Xinyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.