Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhengzhou weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Zhengzhou: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinxiang (50 km away). In January its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Zhengzhou, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhengzhou ranks joint 466th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 326th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhengzhou is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 15 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
Zhengzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 58 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 86 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 182 | 14.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 146 | 13.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 9.910 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
- Xinxiang in JanuaryChina · 50 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kaifeng in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in JanuaryChina · 65 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Yuzhou in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Xuchang in JanuaryChina · 83 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Jiyuan in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Luoyang in JanuaryChina · 111 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Jincheng in JanuaryChina · 111 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 8.3 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 Zhengzhou) is explained once on the Zhengzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.