Climate averages 1991–2020
Yueyang weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Yueyang: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xindi (61 km away). In January its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Yueyang, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yueyang ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 754th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yueyang is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 88 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
Yueyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 88 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 143 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 211 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 243 | 14.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 295 | 15.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 235 | 13.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 130 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 89 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 73 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 41 | 6.8 | 10.310 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
- Xindi in JanuaryChina · 61 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Xiulin in JanuaryChina · 77 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Puqi in JanuaryChina · 85 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Heshan in JanuaryChina · 115 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Xiantao in JanuaryChina · 116 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in JanuaryChina · 118 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Jinshi in JanuaryChina · 121 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Xianning in JanuaryChina · 130 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 65 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 Yueyang) is explained once on the Yueyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.