Your holiday weather, at a glance

China in January: where is it warmest?

In January, Sanya is the warmest place with 24 °C by day, Harbin the coolest with −12 °C. 11 of 43 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in January, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Sanya	82	24°	24°	4 h	3
Haikou	76	21°	20°	3 h	6
Shenzhen	83	19°	18°	5 h	5
Dongguan	82	19°	–	4 h	5
Zhuhai	82	19°	18°	4 h	5
Guangzhou	78	19°	–	4 h	6
Foshan	77	19°	–	4 h	6
Xiamen	79	18°	16°	4 h	5
Shantou	82	17°	17°	5 h	4
Quanzhou	77	17°	15°	4 h	6
Fuzhou	53	15°	14°	3 h	8
Kunming	70	14°	–	7 h	5
Guilin	39	14°	–	2 h	13
Wenzhou	40	12°	14°	3 h	10
Chengdu	29	10°	–	2 h	9
Changsha	27	10°	–	2 h	10
Wuhan	28	9°	–	3 h	8
Shanghai	27	9°	–	4 h	8
Ningbo	24	9°	–	3 h	10
Hangzhou	23	9°	8°	3 h	10
Zhangjiajie	19	9°	–	3 h	11
Hefei	26	8°	–	4 h	7
Nanjing	25	8°	–	4 h	8
Suzhou	23	8°	–	4 h	9
Luoyang	33	7°	–	4 h	3
Zhengzhou	33	7°	–	4 h	3
Kaifeng	33	7°	–	4 h	2
Xi'an	32	6°	–	4 h	2
Lhasa	47	5°	–	8 h	3
Jinan	37	5°	–	5 h	1
Qingdao	37	4°	7°	5 h	2
Shangri-La City	25	3°	–	5 h	10
Beijing	40	2°	–	6 h	1
Tianjin	40	2°	–	6 h	1
Lanzhou	40	2°	–	6 h	1
Dalian	41	0°	5°	6 h	2
Kashgar	37	0°	–	5 h	1
Shenyang	39	−5°	–	6 h	2
Hohhot	37	−5°	–	5 h	1
Ürümqi	31	−5°	–	3 h	2
Ulanqab	42	−6°	–	7 h	1
Changchun	39	−9°	–	6 h	2
Harbin	34	−12°	–	4 h	1

China in January: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in January are Sanya (24 °C), Haikou (21 °C) and Shenzhen (19 °C).

China in January: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Sanya (24 °C), Haikou (20 °C) and Shenzhen (18 °C).

China in January: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in January – warm, sunny and dry – is in Shenzhen, Sanya and Dongguan.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences