Climate averages 1991–2020

Yuxi weather
in January.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.6°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 7.1°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 30 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yuxi · average highYear overview

January is a mild month in Yuxi: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Haikou, China (47 km away). In January its highs average 14.3°C, 2.3°C cooler than Yuxi, with 27 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuxi ranks joint 114th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 525th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yuxi is 10.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 22 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Yuxi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yuxi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 16.6°C7.1°C7.1°C304.910.811 h
February 19.5°C8.7°C8.7°C224.011.311 h
March 23.3°C11.8°C11.8°C305.912.012 h
April 25.8°C14.4°C14.4°C508.312.713 h
May 26.3°C16.6°C16.6°C9713.313.313 h
June 25.7°C18.2°C18.2°C15920.013.614 h
July 24.8°C18.2°C18.2°C21825.113.513 h
August 24.8°C17.8°C17.8°C19724.313.013 h
September 23.5°C16.6°C16.6°C12519.012.312 h
October 21.3°C14.3°C14.3°C7913.711.612 h
November 18.8°C10.5°C10.5°C336.011.011 h
December 16.2°C7.5°C7.5°C203.810.711 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

Distance from Yuxi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yuxi) is explained once on the Yuxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.