Dunhuang climate

Dunhuang Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dunhuang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -1°C on January 1 to 1°C on January 31, and lows from -9°C to -8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunhuang, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-1°C
Average low
-10°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
16°CJan 24, 2017
Reanalysis low
-20°CJan 24, 2008
Daylight
9 h 22 min to 10 h 07 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
42%
Dew point
-17°C
Wind
10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-1°C-9°C11°C 1997-16°C 20031%
Jan 2-1°C-9°C9°C 2010-15°C 20110%
Jan 3-1°C-9°C6°C 2020-16°C 20110%
Jan 4-1°C-10°C8°C 1997-14°C 20030%
Jan 5-1°C-10°C6°C 2010-16°C 20090%
Jan 6-1°C-9°C6°C 2002-16°C 20060%
Jan 7-1°C-9°C13°C 2010-17°C 20180%
Jan 8-1°C-9°C5°C 2015-15°C 20110%
Jan 9-1°C-9°C12°C 2015-15°C 20110%
Jan 10-1°C-10°C13°C 2002-17°C 20110%
Jan 11-1°C-10°C9°C 1997-15°C 20111%
Jan 12-1°C-10°C13°C 2002-18°C 20111%
Jan 13-1°C-10°C5°C 2020-17°C 20111%
Jan 14-1°C-10°C4°C 2003-17°C 20111%
Jan 15-1°C-10°C5°C 2010-14°C 19931%
Jan 16-1°C-10°C7°C 1991-18°C 20111%
Jan 17-1°C-10°C12°C 2010-16°C 20111%
Jan 18-1°C-10°C9°C 1997-17°C 20111%
Jan 19-1°C-10°C12°C 1997-14°C 19941%
Jan 20-1°C-10°C6°C 2015-15°C 20111%
Jan 21-1°C-10°C9°C 2015-16°C 20121%
Jan 22-1°C-10°C8°C 2017-16°C 20122%
Jan 230°C-10°C4°C 1994-18°C 20082%
Jan 240°C-10°C16°C 2017-20°C 20082%
Jan 250°C-10°C6°C 2014-18°C 20082%
Jan 260°C-9°C11°C 1993-18°C 20081%
Jan 270°C-9°C8°C 1997-18°C 20081%
Jan 280°C-9°C7°C 2014-16°C 20080%
Jan 291°C-9°C10°C 1993-17°C 20080%
Jan 301°C-9°C11°C 2014-19°C 20080%
Jan 311°C-8°C8°C 2014-18°C 20080%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunhuang, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 9:04 AM, sunset 6:26 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:51 AM, sunset 6:58 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.