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Beijing in January: every year compared

In January, Beijing averages highs of 1.8 °C and lows of -8.2 °C, with 3 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 2002 (-0.1 °C), the coldest 1951 (-12.4 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 1.8 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -8.2 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 3 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 1

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Beijing.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Beijing, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 7 of 86 (+1.6 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · -2.1 °C · +1.6 °C vs normal · rank 7 of 86

Warmest years

12002-0.1 °C
21992-1.5 °C
31995-1.5 °C
41999-1.7 °C
52014-1.9 °C

Coldest years

11951-12.4 °C
21955-12.2 °C
31957-11.1 °C
41969-9.4 °C
51982-9.3 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-2.1 °C	4.2 °C	-6.9 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2024	-3.8 °C	1.7 °C	-8.4 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2023	-3.4 °C	3.2 °C	-8.7 °C	4 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
2022	-3.2 °C	2.2 °C	-7.5 °C	5 mm	31 days	3 cm	3 days
2021	-4.6 °C	1.2 °C	-9.8 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2020	-3.4 °C	3.1 °C	-8.7 °C	2 mm	31 days	2 cm	2 days
2019	-2.9 °C	3.9 °C	-7.9 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2018	-4.6 °C	0.8 °C	-8.9 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2017	-2.8 °C	2.4 °C	-7.1 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2016	-4.8 °C	0.3 °C	-9.0 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2015	-1.9 °C	3.9 °C	-6.3 °C	0 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2014	-1.9 °C	4.4 °C	-6.7 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2013	-6.3 °C	-1.0 °C	-10.9 °C	3 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
2012	-5.4 °C	0.3 °C	-10.0 °C	0 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2011	-6.4 °C	-0.2 °C	-11.6 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2010	-6.1 °C	-0.9 °C	-10.6 °C	13 mm	31 days	9 cm	1 day
2009	-3.8 °C	2.2 °C	-8.7 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2008	-4.3 °C	0.7 °C	-8.4 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2007	-2.9 °C	3.0 °C	-7.5 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2006	-2.7 °C	2.2 °C	-6.7 °C	0 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2005	-4.0 °C	1.6 °C	-8.5 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
2004	-3.0 °C	2.4 °C	-7.4 °C	2 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
2003	-2.7 °C	1.9 °C	-6.5 °C	7 mm	31 days	6 cm	3 days
2002	-0.1 °C	5.9 °C	-4.6 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
2001	-5.2 °C	-0.9 °C	-9.5 °C	13 mm	31 days	11 cm	3 days
2000	-6.9 °C	-2.4 °C	-11.7 °C	14 mm	31 days	12 cm	6 days
1999	-1.7 °C	4.1 °C	-6.4 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1998	-3.8 °C	0.8 °C	-8.2 °C	5 mm	31 days	4 cm	2 days
1997	-5.8 °C	-0.5 °C	-10.9 °C	5 mm	31 days	4 cm	1 day
1996	-3.6 °C	1.8 °C	-8.3 °C	4 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
1995	-1.5 °C	4.2 °C	-6.2 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1994	-2.1 °C	2.8 °C	-5.9 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1993	-4.8 °C	0.4 °C	-9.5 °C	4 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
1992	-1.5 °C	3.8 °C	-5.6 °C	5 mm	31 days	4 cm	1 day
1991	-3.0 °C	2.1 °C	-7.1 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1990	-6.4 °C	-1.4 °C	-10.9 °C	12 mm	31 days	8 cm	2 days
1989	-4.0 °C	1.6 °C	-8.9 °C	6 mm	31 days	5 cm	3 days
1988	-3.7 °C	1.3 °C	-7.9 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1987	-4.6 °C	0.4 °C	-9.3 °C	5 mm	31 days	5 cm	2 days
1986	-4.1 °C	1.4 °C	-8.8 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1985	-6.1 °C	-0.8 °C	-11.2 °C	1 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
1984	-6.2 °C	0.1 °C	-11.8 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1983	-3.4 °C	2.6 °C	-8.4 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1982	-9.3 °C	-2.6 °C	-15.9 °C	3 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
1981	-5.5 °C	-0.1 °C	-10.4 °C	1 mm	31 days	2 cm	0 days
1980	-6.9 °C	-0.4 °C	-12.7 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1979	-3.7 °C	2.1 °C	-8.3 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1978	-3.3 °C	2.1 °C	-7.4 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1977	-8.3 °C	-2.8 °C	-13.0 °C	4 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
1976	-3.5 °C	2.5 °C	-8.1 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1975	-3.6 °C	1.9 °C	-8.2 °C	3 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
1974	-5.2 °C	0.9 °C	-10.2 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1973	-4.3 °C	1.0 °C	-8.8 °C	27 mm	31 days	18 cm	3 days
1972	-3.6 °C	1.0 °C	-7.1 °C	16 mm	31 days	11 cm	4 days
1971	-3.9 °C	1.4 °C	-8.5 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1970	-5.2 °C	0.3 °C	-9.9 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1969	-9.4 °C	-3.7 °C	-14.8 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1968	-4.1 °C	1.3 °C	-8.4 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1967	-5.1 °C	1.3 °C	-10.6 °C	13 mm	31 days	9 cm	3 days
1966	-5.1 °C	1.5 °C	-10.4 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1965	-4.8 °C	0.8 °C	-9.0 °C	3 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
1964	-4.6 °C	0.9 °C	-9.1 °C	10 mm	31 days	7 cm	3 days
1963	-4.2 °C	1.1 °C	-8.6 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1962	-4.6 °C	1.5 °C	-9.5 °C	8 mm	31 days	5 cm	1 day
1961	-3.3 °C	2.6 °C	-7.9 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1960	-6.4 °C	-0.8 °C	-10.9 °C	12 mm	31 days	9 cm	2 days
1959	-4.5 °C	1.1 °C	-9.3 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1958	-7.3 °C	-1.1 °C	-13.3 °C	9 mm	31 days	7 cm	2 days
1957	-11.1 °C	-4.0 °C	-17.9 °C	7 mm	31 days	5 cm	2 days
1956	-6.7 °C	-0.6 °C	-11.8 °C	8 mm	31 days	6 cm	2 days
1955	-12.2 °C	-3.8 °C	-19.1 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1954	-6.6 °C	-1.2 °C	-11.3 °C	12 mm	31 days	9 cm	5 days
1953	-8.2 °C	-1.6 °C	-13.5 °C	1 mm	31 days	1 cm	0 days
1952	-5.4 °C	1.0 °C	-10.4 °C	2 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
1951	-12.4 °C	-6.0 °C	-18.6 °C	15 mm	31 days	10 cm	5 days
1950	-4.6 °C	1.8 °C	-9.5 °C	2 mm	31 days	2 cm	1 day
1949	-3.1 °C	3.6 °C	-8.0 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1948	-5.7 °C	1.2 °C	-11.0 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1947	-6.7 °C	-1.2 °C	-11.0 °C	11 mm	31 days	8 cm	4 days
1946	-3.3 °C	4.1 °C	-8.5 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1945	-7.1 °C	-0.1 °C	-12.7 °C	1 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1944	-4.3 °C	1.8 °C	-9.0 °C	0 mm	31 days	0 cm	0 days
1943	-6.5 °C	0.4 °C	-12.2 °C	6 mm	31 days	4 cm	2 days
1942	-6.0 °C	1.4 °C	-11.5 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1941	-5.5 °C	1.7 °C	-11.3 °C	2 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1940	-7.4 °C	-1.3 °C	-12.0 °C	2 mm	30 days	1 cm	1 day

January records

Hottest day

14.4 °C

January 4, 2002 estimate

Nearby station: 14.3 °C on January 4, 2002 measured

Coldest night

-29.5 °C

January 10, 1951 estimate

Nearby station: -22.8 °C on January 13, 1951 measured

Wettest day

20 mm

January 23, 1973 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Beijing in January?

Highs average 1.8 °C and lows -8.2 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 31 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Beijing in January?

About 3 mm falls in January, over some 1 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1973 (27 mm), the driest 1944 (0 mm).

What was the warmest January in Beijing?

2002, with a mean temperature of -0.1 °C. The coldest was 1951 (-12.4 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 7 of 86.