Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In January its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Zhanjiang, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks joint 22nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 492nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhanjiang is 14.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 26 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Lianjiang in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Huazhou in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Maoming in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Shankou in JanuaryChina · 80 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Gaozhou in JanuaryChina · 90 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in JanuaryChina · 91 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Gongguan in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 33 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.