Climate averages 1991–2020
Yima weather
in January.
A cold, very 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 Yima: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luoyang (51 km away). In January its highs average 7.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Yima, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yima ranks joint 534th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 342nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yima is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 16 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
Yima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 11 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 39 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 56 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 72 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 147 | 14.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 135 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 104 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 9.910 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
- Luoyang in JanuaryChina · 51 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in JanuaryChina · 54 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Jiyuan in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Yuncheng in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Jincheng in JanuaryChina · 121 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Yongji in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in JanuaryChina · 135 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 7.9 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 Yima) is explained once on the Yima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.