Lanzhou climate

Lanzhou Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Lanzhou, 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 2°C on January 31, and lows from -11°C to -10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 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 Lanzhou, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
1°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CJan 30, 2014
Reanalysis low
-21°CJan 30, 2008
Daylight
9 h 46 min to 10 h 24 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
58%
Dew point
-14°C
Wind
8.6 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 11°C-11°C8°C 1997-15°C 20081%
Jan 21°C-11°C8°C 2015-16°C 20131%
Jan 31°C-11°C10°C 1996-16°C 19982%
Jan 41°C-11°C9°C 2017-18°C 19982%
Jan 51°C-11°C9°C 2017-17°C 20062%
Jan 61°C-11°C6°C 2002-20°C 20062%
Jan 71°C-11°C7°C 2010-15°C 20072%
Jan 81°C-11°C9°C 2008-17°C 20182%
Jan 91°C-11°C7°C 2002-16°C 20112%
Jan 101°C-11°C9°C 2002-17°C 20112%
Jan 111°C-11°C10°C 2002-17°C 20112%
Jan 121°C-11°C7°C 2015-16°C 20092%
Jan 131°C-11°C8°C 2002-16°C 20112%
Jan 141°C-11°C7°C 1994-18°C 20112%
Jan 151°C-11°C9°C 2003-21°C 20112%
Jan 161°C-11°C7°C 2003-16°C 20113%
Jan 171°C-11°C9°C 2003-19°C 19983%
Jan 181°C-11°C11°C 2010-19°C 19983%
Jan 191°C-11°C9°C 2003-18°C 19983%
Jan 201°C-11°C10°C 2003-17°C 19983%
Jan 211°C-11°C8°C 2009-15°C 20112%
Jan 221°C-11°C10°C 2014-19°C 20162%
Jan 231°C-11°C9°C 1999-20°C 20163%
Jan 241°C-11°C8°C 2017-21°C 20163%
Jan 251°C-11°C11°C 2017-19°C 20163%
Jan 261°C-11°C8°C 2014-18°C 20083%
Jan 271°C-11°C9°C 2006-18°C 20083%
Jan 282°C-11°C9°C 2006-20°C 20083%
Jan 292°C-11°C10°C 2014-19°C 20082%
Jan 302°C-10°C14°C 2014-21°C 20082%
Jan 312°C-10°C11°C 2014-18°C 20182%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lanzhou, in percent.012341102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 8:15 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 6:30 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.