Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengdu weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Chengdu: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deyang (60 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Chengdu, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengdu ranks joint 509th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 287th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Chengdu is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chengdu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 2.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 19 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 292 | 19.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 290 | 19.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 134 | 12.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Deyang in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Meishan in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in OctoberChina · 76 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Luojiang in OctoberChina · 82 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Ziyang in OctoberChina · 82 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Mianyang in OctoberChina · 107 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Leshan in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Ya'an in OctoberChina · 127 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 119 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chengdu) is explained once on the Chengdu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.