Shaoxing Weather in January
Shaoxing in January
The short of it: Shaoxing in January averages a high of 9 °C (49 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 2° · rain 65 mm · daylight 10 h 25 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Shaoxing an average January high of 9°, a low of 2° and some 65 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Shaoxing: highs scarcely reach 9°, nights fall to 2°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 25 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Shaoxing runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Shangyu, 28 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
January in Shaoxing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h