Climate averages 1991–2020
Yatou weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: 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 Yatou: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianfu (36 km away). In January its highs average 2.2°C, about as warm as Yatou, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yatou ranks 639th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 381st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yatou is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 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
Yatou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 74 | 6.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 157 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 143 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 69 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 23 | 5.1 | 9.710 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
- Tianfu in JanuaryChina · 36 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Weihai in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Yantai in JanuaryChina · 95 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Dongcun in JanuaryChina · 121 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Zhuangyuan in JanuaryChina · 144 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Laiyang in JanuaryChina · 154 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in JanuaryChina · 165 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Laixi in JanuaryChina · 173 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 9.1 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 Yatou) is explained once on the Yatou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.