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Weather in Hong Kong: January

If you are visiting Hong Kong in January you will find the weather to be generally very cool, but it is somewhat luck whether or not it will be clear and bright.  On a sunny day it may go up to 21C, but during the middle of the night drop to 10C.  There will be big differences between day and night and you’ll need a jacket in the evening.

Most years January has weather that is good for going out, it is a continuation of the good autumn weather, but in some years it gets cloudy and there is some rain; though rarely heavy.

Days of bright sunshine are common though sadly the sky is rarely solid blue these days, but that’s more about air pollution than the weather.  You may get lucky though with a clear windy day when it blows the filth away!

Towards the end of the month we sometimes have the Luna New Year, depending upon the Lunar Calendar as most years it falls in February.  Read my page on February weather in Hong Kong to read about the weather during the Chinese New Year.

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