Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Zigong: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In January its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 183rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 457th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zigong is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 25 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 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
- Neijiang in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Nanxi in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Fuji, China in JanuaryChina · 62 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Yibin in JanuaryChina · 66 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Luocheng in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Baixi in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Changyuan in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Luzhou in JanuaryChina · 81 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 25 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.