Chongqing weather in January

In January, Chongqing sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 7.6 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chongqing's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chongqing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 28 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:54 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 1.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Chongqing is administrative center of Chongqing municipality.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 37.2 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded: 1929

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chongqing reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	6
2	10	6
3	10	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	12	6
31	12	7

How January really feels in Chongqing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Chongqing weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	28	7.6	10.3	2.5
Feb	13° / 8°	33	8.8	10.9	3.6
Mar	18° / 11°	72	13.2	11.8	5.1
Apr	23° / 16°	117	15	12.7	5.7
May	27° / 19°	163	16.1	13.5	5.5
Jun	29° / 22°	173	15.7	13.9	4.6
Jul	33° / 25°	166	14.6	13.7	3.1
Aug	33° / 25°	147	14.2	13.1	3.1
Sep	28° / 21°	118	12.4	12.2	5.3
Oct	22° / 17°	107	16.3	11.3	5.5
Nov	17° / 12°	72	11.6	10.5	4.9
Dec	12° / 8°	37	8.9	10.1	3.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	86	86	85	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Chongqing gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 7.6 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	26
20	25
21	25
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22
31	22

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:53 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:24 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:53	6:01
2	10.1	7:53	6:02
3	10.1	7:53	6:02
4	10.2	7:54	6:03
5	10.2	7:54	6:04
6	10.2	7:54	6:04
7	10.2	7:54	6:05
8	10.2	7:54	6:06
9	10.2	7:54	6:07
10	10.2	7:54	6:07
11	10.2	7:54	6:08
12	10.2	7:54	6:09
13	10.3	7:54	6:10
14	10.3	7:54	6:10
15	10.3	7:54	6:11
16	10.3	7:54	6:12
17	10.3	7:54	6:13
18	10.3	7:54	6:14
19	10.3	7:54	6:14
20	10.4	7:54	6:15
21	10.4	7:53	6:16
22	10.4	7:53	6:17
23	10.4	7:53	6:18
24	10.4	7:53	6:19
25	10.5	7:52	6:19
26	10.5	7:52	6:20
27	10.5	7:52	6:21
28	10.5	7:51	6:22
29	10.5	7:51	6:23
30	10.6	7:50	6:24
31	10.6	7:50	6:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.6	Dim
2	1.6	Dim
3	1.6	Dim
4	1.6	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.7	Dim
8	1.7	Dim
9	1.7	Dim
10	1.7	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	2.0	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Chongqing

In seasonPeak

In January, Chongqing sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chongqing sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Chongqing's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Chongqing?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chongqing.

What to pack for Chongqing in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Chongqing sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Chongqing in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chongqing peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	8	6	9	9	11	8	9	7	3	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Chongqing in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chongqing is worst in January — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Chongqing's WHO annual average of 37.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	49	45	43	37	35	30	24	23	32	39	44	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Chongqing?

Chongqing sits at 29.6°N, 106.6°E, 289 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Chengdu, 269 km away.

Topography around Chongqing

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chongqing.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chongqing has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m around an average of 227 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 504 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,549 m.

The land around Chongqing is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and water (25%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

206 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

504 m

trees 44%

80 km

1,549 m

trees 73%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Chongqing year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Chengdu 269 km · Leshan 270 km · Guiyang 331 km · Fenghuang 347 km · Zhangjiajie 383 km · Xi'an 568 km · Guilin 602 km · Kunming 630 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chongqing (29.5603°, 106.5577°, elevation 289 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	6
2	10	6
3	10	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	12	6
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	26
20	25
21	25
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	6
2	10	6
3	10	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	12	6
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	26
20	25
21	25
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	6
2	10	6
3	10	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	12	6
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	26
20	25
21	25
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100