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Hangzhou in January

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Hangzhou is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Hangzhou is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
10h 26mon average

Is January a good time to visit Hangzhou?

January sits outside Hangzhou's best months, which run from October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 51°F in January, against 51°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in January, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in January, against 24% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in January, against 34% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

10h 26m in January, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December55°13°low 37°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January51°11°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February53°12°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Hangzhou sits, in January

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:56 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai163 km north-east

The land around Hangzhou, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Hangzhou

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hangzhou. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.