Climate averages 1991–2020
Zitong 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 Zitong: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 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 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bachuan (42 km away). In January its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Zitong, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zitong ranks joint 188th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Zitong is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 26 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
Zitong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 26 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 92 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 121 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 16.6 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 169 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 121 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 92 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 7.1 | 10.210 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
- Bachuan in JanuaryChina · 42 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Suining in JanuaryChina · 44 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Hechuan in JanuaryChina · 47 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Longgang, China in JanuaryChina · 55 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Longshui in JanuaryChina · 68 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Beibei in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Nanchong in JanuaryChina · 73 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Bishan in JanuaryChina · 75 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 26 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 Zitong) is explained once on the Zitong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.