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Lijiang in January

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Lijiang is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Lijiang is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 14% of days
Daylight
10h 39mon average

Is January a good time to visit Lijiang?

January sits outside Lijiang's best months, which run from April to May. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about one day 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 57°F in January, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in January, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

14% of days in January, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in January, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 39m in January, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m 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. December59°15°low 33°low 1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January57°14°low 31°low -1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February60°16°low 32°low 0°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in January

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:09 AMsets 6:46 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, 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 Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. 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 (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 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 (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 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.