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Sanya in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Sanya is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Sanya is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
11h 09mon average

Is January a good time to visit Sanya?

Yes. January is one of Sanya's best months (December to February).

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 78°F in January, against 78°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 26°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in January, against 11% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in January, against 49% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

11h 09m in January, against 11h 03m to 13h 13m 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. December79°26°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January78°26°low 64°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February79°26°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sanya sits, in January

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:16 AMsets 6:24 PM
Above the sea
5 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture972 km north-west

The land around Sanya, 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 Sanya

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sanya. 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 (5 m) against the climate model's (117 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 (5 m) against the climate model's (117 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.