Climate averages 1991–2020
Yancheng weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Yancheng: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 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 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (33 km away). In January its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Yancheng, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yancheng ranks joint 458th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 597th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yancheng is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 39 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
Yancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 92 | 8.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 159 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 246 | 16.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 52 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 32 | 5.0 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Hede in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Xinghua in JanuaryChina · 55 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Dongtai in JanuaryChina · 58 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Dongkan in JanuaryChina · 78 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Baoying in JanuaryChina · 80 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Gaoyou in JanuaryChina · 92 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Jiangyan in JanuaryChina · 95 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 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 Yancheng) is explained once on the Yancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.