Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhenping weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Zhenping: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanyang (30 km away). In January its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Zhenping, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhenping ranks joint 403rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 359th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhenping is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 20 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
Zhenping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 12 | 2.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.0°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 20 | 4.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 53 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 84 | 8.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 122 | 9.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 208 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 158 | 14.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 83 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 55 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 40 | 5.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 12 | 3.0 | 10.010 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
- Nanyang in JanuaryChina · 30 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Dengzhou in JanuaryChina · 41 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Yunyang in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Tanghe in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Fangcheng in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Laohekou in JanuaryChina · 89 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 22 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 Zhenping) is explained once on the Zhenping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.