A woman and a child cross a street in Hung Hom as cold weather gripped Hong Kong on Jan 23, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

People in Hong Kong braced for the coldest day so far this year with the Hong Kong Observatory warning earlier that temperatures in parts of the city might go down to as low as 2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

People in warm clothes were seen heading to work in the morning, many using umbrellas due to a light rain under the influence of an intense winter monsoon coupled with a broad band of clouds and rain.

Some however braved the chilly conditions for a dip in the sea.

China Daily’s Andy Chong and Shamim Ashraf took the photos from different parts of Hong Kong on Tuesday morning.

A woman holding an umbrella crosses a road in Kennedy Town with her child and her pet in Hong Kong amid light rain, Jan 23, 2024. (SHAMIM ASHRAF / CHINA DAILY)

A food delivery worker rides his bicycle in Sai Ying Pun as mercury dipped to about 6 degrees Celsius in Hong Kong on Jan 23, 2024. (SHAMIM ASHRAF / CHINA DAILY)

People swim early in the morning under the cold weather at the sea off Whampoa Garden in Hung Hom on Jan 23, 2024. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)