Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhuji weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Zhuji: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puyang (45 km away). In January its highs average 9.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Zhuji, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhuji ranks joint 298th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 831st of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhuji is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 77 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
Zhuji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 79 | 10.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 77 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 125 | 14.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 140 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 165 | 13.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 306 | 17.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 164 | 12.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 147 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 99 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 61 | 6.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 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
- Puyang in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Shaoxing in JanuaryChina · 45 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Fuyang, China in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Yiwu in JanuaryChina · 48 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Xiaoshan in JanuaryChina · 50 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Dongyang in JanuaryChina · 50 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Hangzhou in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Shangyu in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 82 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 Zhuji) is explained once on the Zhuji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.