Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaoqing weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd 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 Zhaoqing: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubu (23 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Zhaoqing, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaoqing ranks joint 80th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 659th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhaoqing is 12.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 55 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
Zhaoqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 118 | 15.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 198 | 17.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 266 | 21.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 294 | 23.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 223 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 260 | 22.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 173 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 62 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 41 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 4.9 | 10.711 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
- Lubu in JanuaryChina · 23 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Yunfu in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Sanshui in JanuaryChina · 46 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Shaping in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Foshan in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Changsha, China in JanuaryChina · 78 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Guangzhou in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Jiangmen in JanuaryChina · 82 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 32 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 Zhaoqing) is explained once on the Zhaoqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.