Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongduo weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Zhongduo: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhonghe (49 km away). In January its highs average 7.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Zhongduo, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongduo ranks joint 458th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 864th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhongduo is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 103 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
Zhongduo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 86 | 13.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 9.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 103 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 154 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 201 | 19.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 249 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 267 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 268 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 176 | 19.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 133 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 145 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 95 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 60 | 11.0 | 10.310 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
- Zhonghe in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Hanjia in JanuaryChina · 77 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 111 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Jishou in JanuaryChina · 111 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Fenghuang in JanuaryChina · 130 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in JanuaryChina · 132 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Nanbin in JanuaryChina · 143 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 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 Zhongduo) is explained once on the Zhongduo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.