Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.7 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuanhua (25 km away). In January its highs average -1.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 2.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 745th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 72nd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhangjiakou is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.7 mm to 4.8 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xuanhua in JanuaryChina · 25 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -13.2°C · 2.3 mm precipitation
- Changping in JanuaryChina · 131 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -9.0°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Mentougou in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ulanqab in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -18.2°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Beichengqu in JanuaryChina · 150 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -16.6°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Datong in JanuaryChina · 154 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -15.4°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Fangshan in JanuaryChina · 155 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.6°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Liangxiang in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 2.8 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.