Changsha climate

Changsha Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 12°C on January 1 to 12°C on January 31, and lows from 2°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Changsha, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
11°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CJan 31, 2014
Reanalysis low
-9°CJan 16, 1993
Daylight
10 h 23 min to 10 h 51 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
10.8 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 112°C2°C20°C 1997-6°C 200531%
Jan 212°C1°C21°C 1993-4°C 200530%
Jan 311°C1°C20°C 1996-4°C 201132%
Jan 411°C1°C22°C 2000-5°C 199532%
Jan 511°C1°C20°C 2002-5°C 201333%
Jan 611°C1°C21°C 2020-4°C 201334%
Jan 711°C1°C19°C 2008-6°C 200335%
Jan 811°C1°C18°C 2002-5°C 200338%
Jan 911°C1°C22°C 2008-5°C 199739%
Jan 1011°C1°C20°C 2008-4°C 201140%
Jan 1111°C1°C21°C 2002-4°C 200940%
Jan 1211°C1°C23°C 2002-4°C 201040%
Jan 1310°C1°C24°C 2002-4°C 200941%
Jan 1410°C1°C25°C 2002-4°C 199242%
Jan 1510°C1°C25°C 2002-6°C 199343%
Jan 1610°C1°C15°C 2009-9°C 199343%
Jan 1710°C1°C19°C 2003-6°C 199344%
Jan 1810°C1°C17°C 2010-5°C 199344%
Jan 1910°C1°C22°C 2010-6°C 199843%
Jan 2010°C1°C21°C 2010-7°C 201142%
Jan 2110°C1°C18°C 2003-8°C 201140%
Jan 2211°C1°C19°C 1999-6°C 201139%
Jan 2311°C1°C19°C 2015-5°C 201237%
Jan 2411°C1°C20°C 2014-6°C 199838%
Jan 2511°C1°C21°C 1999-6°C 201638%
Jan 2611°C1°C21°C 1999-4°C 199837%
Jan 2711°C1°C21°C 1992-5°C 200037%
Jan 2811°C1°C21°C 2017-7°C 201837%
Jan 2911°C1°C23°C 1992-9°C 201836%
Jan 3012°C1°C23°C 2014-8°C 201835%
Jan 3112°C1°C26°C 2014-4°C 201834%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Changsha, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 5:43 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:07 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.