Guiyang weather in January

In January, Guiyang sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°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 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Guiyang's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guiyang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 67 mm; 14.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:47 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 1.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.1; out of 10

Guiyang is capital of Guizhou province, China.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 31.7 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 378/km²; people per km²

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

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Guiyang reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	3
2	9	3
3	9	3
4	9	3
5	8	3
6	8	3
7	8	3
8	8	3
9	8	3
10	8	2
11	8	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	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	8	2
25	8	2
26	8	2
27	8	2
28	8	2
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	9	3

How January really feels in Guiyang

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.

Guiyang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 2°	67	14.4	3.7	10.5	1.1
Feb	11° / 4°	60	13.7	1.8	11.1	2.2
Mar	15° / 8°	97	19	0.3	11.8	3.5
Apr	20° / 12°	130	19	0.1	12.6	4.7
May	23° / 16°	191	19.3	0	13.3	5.2
Jun	25° / 19°	239	20.7	0	13.6	4.8
Jul	27° / 21°	168	17.7	0	13.5	5.0
Aug	27° / 20°	124	15.7	0	12.9	5.4
Sep	24° / 17°	101	12.4	0	12.2	6.2
Oct	19° / 13°	105	14.1	0	11.4	5.4
Nov	15° / 9°	63	11.5	0.1	10.7	4.3
Dec	10° / 4°	48	11.6	1.2	10.4	2.1

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 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	16
Cloudier (%)	82	81	82	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Guiyang gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 4 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 (%)	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45
Snow chance (%)	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	8
2	44	8
3	45	9
4	45	9
5	46	9
6	46	9
7	46	10
8	47	10
9	47	10
10	48	11
11	48	11
12	49	11
13	49	12
14	49	12
15	49	12
16	49	13
17	49	13
18	49	13
19	48	13
20	48	13
21	47	14
22	47	14
23	47	14
24	46	14
25	46	14
26	46	14
27	46	13
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	12
31	45	12

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 10 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 7:44 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:29 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:44
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:46	6:07
2	10.4	7:46	6:08
3	10.4	7:46	6:08
4	10.4	7:46	6:09
5	10.4	7:47	6:10
6	10.4	7:47	6:10
7	10.4	7:47	6:11
8	10.4	7:47	6:12
9	10.4	7:47	6:12
10	10.4	7:47	6:13
11	10.4	7:47	6:14
12	10.5	7:47	6:14
13	10.5	7:47	6:15
14	10.5	7:47	6:16
15	10.5	7:47	6:17
16	10.5	7:47	6:17
17	10.5	7:47	6:18
18	10.5	7:47	6:19
19	10.5	7:47	6:20
20	10.6	7:47	6:20
21	10.6	7:47	6:21
22	10.6	7:47	6:22
23	10.6	7:47	6:23
24	10.6	7:46	6:23
25	10.6	7:46	6:24
26	10.7	7:46	6:25
27	10.7	7:46	6:26
28	10.7	7:45	6:27
29	10.7	7:45	6:27
30	10.7	7:45	6:28
31	10.7	7:44	6:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.86 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 4.73 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 1.86 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	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	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	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	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 Guiyang

In seasonPeak

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

Guiyang's rainy season runs April–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 Guiyang?

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

1.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guiyang.

What to pack for Guiyang in January

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

In January, Guiyang sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Guiyang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Guiyang peaks around July 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 5 (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)	5	7	9	9	10	12	13	11	10	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	High
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Guiyang 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 Guiyang is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Guiyang's WHO annual average of 31.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	32	35	37	35	32	27	24	28	30	31	34	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	35	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	35	Poor
May	32	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Guiyang?

Guiyang sits at 26.6°N, 106.7°E, 1,087 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Fenghuang, 322 km away.

Topography around Guiyang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guiyang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m around an average of 1,105 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,342 m.

The land around Guiyang is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

243 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

487 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,342 m

trees 68%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Fenghuang 322 km · Chongqing 331 km · Guilin 386 km · Thị Trấn Trùng Khánh 417 km · Yangshuo 428 km · Thị Trấn Nước Hai 431 km · Kunming 435 km · Cao Bằng 438 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 Guiyang (26.5833°, 106.7167°, elevation 1,087 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	9	3
2	9	3
3	9	3
4	9	3
5	8	3
6	8	3
7	8	3
8	8	3
9	8	3
10	8	2
11	8	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	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	8	2
25	8	2
26	8	2
27	8	2
28	8	2
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	9	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	8
2	44	8
3	45	9
4	45	9
5	46	9
6	46	9
7	46	10
8	47	10
9	47	10
10	48	11
11	48	11
12	49	11
13	49	12
14	49	12
15	49	12
16	49	13
17	49	13
18	49	13
19	48	13
20	48	13
21	47	14
22	47	14
23	47	14
24	46	14
25	46	14
26	46	14
27	46	13
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	12
31	45	12

	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	9	3
2	9	3
3	9	3
4	9	3
5	8	3
6	8	3
7	8	3
8	8	3
9	8	3
10	8	2
11	8	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	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	8	2
25	8	2
26	8	2
27	8	2
28	8	2
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	9	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	8
2	44	8
3	45	9
4	45	9
5	46	9
6	46	9
7	46	10
8	47	10
9	47	10
10	48	11
11	48	11
12	49	11
13	49	12
14	49	12
15	49	12
16	49	13
17	49	13
18	49	13
19	48	13
20	48	13
21	47	14
22	47	14
23	47	14
24	46	14
25	46	14
26	46	14
27	46	13
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	12
31	45	12

	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	9	3
2	9	3
3	9	3
4	9	3
5	8	3
6	8	3
7	8	3
8	8	3
9	8	3
10	8	2
11	8	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	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	8	2
25	8	2
26	8	2
27	8	2
28	8	2
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	9	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	8
2	44	8
3	45	9
4	45	9
5	46	9
6	46	9
7	46	10
8	47	10
9	47	10
10	48	11
11	48	11
12	49	11
13	49	12
14	49	12
15	49	12
16	49	13
17	49	13
18	49	13
19	48	13
20	48	13
21	47	14
22	47	14
23	47	14
24	46	14
25	46	14
26	46	14
27	46	13
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	12
31	45	12

	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