Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhuzhou weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Zhuzhou: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangtan (25 km away). In January its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Zhuzhou, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhuzhou ranks joint 236th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 849th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zhuzhou is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 102 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
Zhuzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 82 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 102 | 12.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 211 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 270 | 18.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 291 | 17.0 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 324 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 172 | 13.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 135 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 85 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 66 | 7.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 85 | 8.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 58 | 7.9 | 10.410 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
- Xiangtan in JanuaryChina · 25 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Xishan in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Changsha in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Guankou in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in JanuaryChina · 62 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Shaoshan in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Pingxiang in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Yongfeng in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 64 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 Zhuzhou) is explained once on the Zhuzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.