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	Inches	mm
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	Inches	mm
–	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	Inches	mm
–	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	Inches	mm
–	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	Inches	mm
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	Inches	mm
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