Luoyang weather in January

In January, Luoyang sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 11 mm of precipitation across 2.8 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Luoyang's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luoyang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
11 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 54 min
7:42 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
47%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Luoyang is prefecture-level city in Henan, People's Republic of China.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 60.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
91/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Luoyang reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
16-3
26-3
36-3
46-3
56-3
66-4
76-4
86-4
96-4
106-4
116-4
126-4
136-4
146-4
156-4
166-4
176-4
186-4
196-4
206-4
216-4
226-4
236-4
246-3
256-3
267-3
277-3
287-3
297-3
307-3
317-3

How January really feels in Luoyang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Luoyang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°112.82.49.90.6
Feb10° / -1°1531.710.72.6
Mar16° / 234.10.811.75.6
Apr23° / 11°405.10.112.87.4
May28° / 16°596.2013.86.4
Jun32° / 21°727.5014.34.2
Jul32° / 24°16013.8014.13.6
Aug30° / 22°13212.9013.34.6
Sep26° / 17°959012.26.7
Oct21° / 11°486.1011.17.1
Nov14° / 324.71.110.24.6
Dec / -2°102.41.49.71.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36238
46238
56139
66139
76040
86040
95941
105941
115842
125842
135842
145842
155842
165842
175842
185743
195842
205842
215842
225842
235842
245842
255842
265842
275941
285941
295941
305941
315842

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Luoyang gets around 11 mm of rain and snow over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
176
276
376
486
586
687
797
897
998
10108
11108
12108
13109
14119
15119
16119
17119
18119
19119
20108
21108
22108
23108
2498
2597
2697
2787
2887
2987
3087
3187

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.77:425:25
29.77:425:25
39.77:425:26
49.77:435:27
59.87:435:28
69.87:435:28
79.87:435:29
89.87:435:30
99.87:435:31
109.87:435:32
119.87:435:33
129.87:435:33
139.97:435:34
149.97:425:35
159.97:425:36
169.97:425:37
179.97:425:38
1810.07:425:39
1910.07:415:40
2010.07:415:41
2110.07:415:42
2210.07:405:43
2310.17:405:44
2410.17:405:44
2510.17:395:45
2610.17:395:46
2710.27:385:47
2810.27:385:48
2910.27:375:49
3010.27:365:50
3110.37:365:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.7Moderate
22.7Moderate
32.7Moderate
42.7Moderate
52.8Moderate
62.8Moderate
72.8Moderate
82.8Moderate
92.8Moderate
102.8Moderate
112.8Moderate
122.9Moderate
132.9Moderate
142.9Moderate
152.9Moderate
162.9Moderate
173.0Moderate
183.0Moderate
193.0Moderate
203.0Moderate
213.1Moderate
223.1Moderate
233.1Moderate
243.2Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Luoyang

In seasonPeak

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

Luoyang's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Luoyang sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Luoyang?

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

0.6
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 Luoyang.

What to pack for Luoyang in January

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

In January, Luoyang sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Luoyang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Luoyang peaks around May 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateMay 21UV 9Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Luoyang 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 Luoyang is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 41 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Luoyang's WHO annual average of 60.5 µg/m³.

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1981 µg/m³Jul 2341 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb76Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct64Unhealthy
Nov70Unhealthy
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Luoyang?

Luoyang sits at 34.7°N, 112.4°E, 128 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Songyang, 60 km away.

Xi'anJinanWuhanDatongZhangjiajieTianjin

Topography around Luoyang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luoyang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,844 m.

The land around Luoyang is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
279 m
80 km
1,844 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Songyang 60 km · Zhengzhou 111 km · Xi'an 325 km · Jinan 468 km · Wuhan 486 km · Datong 607 km · Zhangjiajie 644 km · Tianjin 651 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
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

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 Luoyang (34.6735°, 112.4368°, elevation 128 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).