Fenghuang weather in January

In January, Fenghuang sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 92 mm of precipitation across 13.5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fenghuang's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fenghuang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 92 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:39 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 1.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.8; out of 10

Fenghuang is human settlement in People's Republic of China.

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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Fenghuang reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°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)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How January really feels in Fenghuang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 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

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Fenghuang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 2°	92	13.5	5	10.4	0.8
Feb	10° / 4°	114	14.6	2.8	11	1.7
Mar	14° / 8°	175	18.5	0.7	11.8	3.1
Apr	20° / 13°	231	18.8	0	12.6	4.8
May	25° / 17°	277	18.7	0	13.4	5.3
Jun	28° / 21°	313	19.2	0	13.7	4.6
Jul	30° / 24°	239	17.2	0	13.6	3.8
Aug	30° / 23°	164	15.5	0	13	4.1
Sep	27° / 19°	106	10.8	0	12.2	6.1
Oct	21° / 14°	116	11.7	0	11.3	6.1
Nov	15° / 9°	92	11.3	0.2	10.6	4.4
Dec	10° / 4°	67	10.4	1.6	10.3	2.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	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 (%)	34	33	33	33	31	30	30	30	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	66	67	67	67	69	70	70	70	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Fenghuang gets around 92 mm of rain and snow over 13.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring 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 (%)	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41
Snow chance (%)	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	12
2	40	12
3	41	12
4	42	13
5	43	13
6	43	14
7	44	14
8	45	15
9	45	15
10	45	15
11	46	16
12	46	16
13	46	16
14	46	17
15	46	17
16	46	17
17	45	18
18	45	18
19	44	18
20	44	18
21	43	18
22	43	17
23	42	17
24	42	17
25	42	17
26	41	16
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	41	15
31	41	15

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 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:15 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:37	5:52
2	10.3	7:37	5:53
3	10.3	7:38	5:54
4	10.3	7:38	5:54
5	10.3	7:38	5:55
6	10.3	7:38	5:56
7	10.3	7:38	5:56
8	10.3	7:38	5:57
9	10.3	7:39	5:58
10	10.3	7:39	5:59
11	10.3	7:39	5:59
12	10.4	7:39	6:00
13	10.4	7:39	6:01
14	10.4	7:39	6:02
15	10.4	7:39	6:02
16	10.4	7:39	6:03
17	10.4	7:39	6:04
18	10.4	7:38	6:05
19	10.5	7:38	6:05
20	10.5	7:38	6:06
21	10.5	7:38	6:07
22	10.5	7:38	6:08
23	10.5	7:38	6:09
24	10.5	7:37	6:09
25	10.6	7:37	6:10
26	10.6	7:37	6:11
27	10.6	7:36	6:12
28	10.6	7:36	6:13
29	10.6	7:36	6:13
30	10.6	7:35	6:14
31	10.7	7:35	6:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.95 kWh/m² to a high of 4.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.95 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)	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Fenghuang

In seasonPeak

None of Fenghuang's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Fenghuang's rainy season runs March–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Fenghuang?

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

0.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fenghuang.

What to pack for Fenghuang in January

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

In January, Fenghuang sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Fenghuang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fenghuang peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 4 (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)	4	6	8	7	10	11	11	9	8	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Fenghuang 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 Fenghuang is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	62	59	63	55	50	33	26	28	36	44	53	60
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	62	Unhealthy
Feb	59	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Poor
May	50	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	53	Poor
Dec	60	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Fenghuang?

Fenghuang sits at 27.9°N, 109.6°E, 449 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Zhangjiajie, 158 km away.

Topography around Fenghuang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fenghuang has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 372 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,413 m.

The land around Fenghuang is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

357 m

trees 79%

16 km

592 m

trees 84%

80 km

1,413 m

trees 88%

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

January weather nearby: Zhangjiajie 158 km · Guilin 303 km · Guiyang 322 km · Chongqing 347 km · Yangshuo 362 km · Wuhan 540 km · Nanning 584 km · Leshan 597 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
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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 Fenghuang (27.9356°, 109.5996°, elevation 449 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. 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	8	3
2	8	2
3	8	2
4	8	2
5	7	2
6	7	2
7	7	2
8	7	2
9	7	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	7	2
13	7	2
14	7	2
15	7	2
16	7	2
17	7	2
18	7	2
19	7	2
20	7	2
21	7	2
22	7	2
23	7	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	7	2
29	8	2
30	8	2
31	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	12
2	40	12
3	41	12
4	42	13
5	43	13
6	43	14
7	44	14
8	45	15
9	45	15
10	45	15
11	46	16
12	46	16
13	46	16
14	46	17
15	46	17
16	46	17
17	45	18
18	45	18
19	44	18
20	44	18
21	43	18
22	43	17
23	42	17
24	42	17
25	42	17
26	41	16
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	41	15
31	41	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	12
2	40	12
3	41	12
4	42	13
5	43	13
6	43	14
7	44	14
8	45	15
9	45	15
10	45	15
11	46	16
12	46	16
13	46	16
14	46	17
15	46	17
16	46	17
17	45	18
18	45	18
19	44	18
20	44	18
21	43	18
22	43	17
23	42	17
24	42	17
25	42	17
26	41	16
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	41	15
31	41	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	12
2	40	12
3	41	12
4	42	13
5	43	13
6	43	14
7	44	14
8	45	15
9	45	15
10	45	15
11	46	16
12	46	16
13	46	16
14	46	17
15	46	17
16	46	17
17	45	18
18	45	18
19	44	18
20	44	18
21	43	18
22	43	17
23	42	17
24	42	17
25	42	17
26	41	16
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	41	15
31	41	15

	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