Datong Weather in January
Datong in January
The short of it: Datong in January averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of -2 °C (29 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low -2° · rain 30 mm · daylight 10 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Datong an average January high of 7°, a low of -2° and some 30 mm of rain. Datong's coldest stretch of the year, 7° by day and -2° by night. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 10th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 10 h 13 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Datong runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Huainan, 6 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
January in Datong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuainanAnhui | 6 km W | 7° | -1° | 32 mm |
| Huaiyuan ChengguanzhenAnhui | 39 km NNE | 7° | -2° | 27 mm |
| BengbuAnhui | 45 km NE | 7° | -1° | 36 mm |
| Yingshang ChengguanzhenAnhui | 74 km W | 7° | -2° | 27 mm |
| Huoqiu ChengguanzhenAnhui | 78 km WSW | 7° | -2° | 30 mm |
| Mengcheng ChengguanzhenAnhui | 85 km NNW | 7° | -3° | 22 mm |
| MingguangAnhui | 86 km ENE | 7° | -2° | 31 mm |
| HefeiAnhui | 87 km SSE | 7° | 0° | 42 mm |