Average Precipitation for China in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities in China. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: North China, Northeast China, East China, South Central China, Southwest China and Northwest China.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of long-term historical weather data.

North China

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
1 Beijing Beijing 0.1 3
1 Hailar Inner Mongolia 0.1 3
Hohhot Inner Mongolia 0.1 3
Shijia­zhuang Hebei 0.1 3
1 Taiyuan Shanxi 0.1 3
2 Tianjin Tianjin 0.1 3

Northeast China

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
Chang­chun Jilin  0.1 3
Dalian Liaoning 0.4 9
Harbin Heilong­jiang 0.1 3
0 Qiqihar Heilong­jiang 0.1 1
2 Shenyang Liaoning 0.3 7

East China

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
Fuzhou Fujian 1.9 49
7 Gan­zhou Jiangxi 2.4 61
Hang­zhou Zhejiang 2.3 59
Hefei Anhui 1.2 30
Jinan Shan­dong 0.3 7
8 Nan­chang Jiangxi 2.2 56
7 Nanjing Jiangsu 1.1 29
Ningbo Zhejiang  2.1 54
2 Qingdao Shan­dong 0.4 11
6 Shang­hai Shang­hai 1.5 39
Taipei Taiwan 4.1 103
Xiamen Fujian 1.5 37

South Central China

Precipitation totals for January
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
Chang­sha Hunan 2.4 61
5 Guang­zhou Guang­dong 1.7 43
Guilin Guangxi 2.2 55
4 Haikou Hainan Island 0.9 22
4 Hong Kong Hong Kong 0.9 23
6 Macau Macau 1.2 30
6 Nanning Guangxi 1.4 35
4 Shantou Guang­dong 1.2 30
8 Wuhan Hubei 1.3 34
2 Zheng­zhou Henan 0.3 9

Southwest China

Total precipitation during January
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
3 Chengdu Sichuan 0.3 7
10 Chong­qing Chong­qing 0.8 20
Guiyang Guizhou 0.7 17
2 Kunming Yunnan 0.5 12

Northwest China

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days Place Prov­ince or Region Inchesmm
3 Altay Xinjiang 0.5 12
1 Jiuquan Gansu 0.1 2
1 Kashi Xinjiang 0.1 3
1 Lanzhou Gansu 0.0 1
0 Ruoqi­ang Xinjiang 0.0 1
Urumqi Xinjiang 0.3 8
2 Xi'an Shaanxi 0.3 6
Xining Quinghai 0.0 1
0 Yin­chuan Ningxia 0.0 1
References

China Meteorological Administration and World Meteorological Organization. World Weather Information Service.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

China Precipitation
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