Climate averages 1991–2020

Chenggu weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 121 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chenggu · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Chenggu: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanzhong (29 km away). In October its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Chenggu, with 110 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenggu ranks joint 654th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 831st of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Chenggu is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chenggu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chenggu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.2°C-0.7°C-0.7°C225.910.210 h
February 9.8°C1.2°C1.2°C347.511.011 h
March 14.4°C4.7°C4.7°C539.912.012 h
April 20.0°C9.6°C9.6°C6911.013.013 h
May 23.6°C14.0°C14.0°C10912.413.914 h
June 26.9°C18.1°C18.1°C13711.614.314 h
July 28.5°C21.2°C21.2°C22418.114.114 h
August 27.8°C20.8°C20.8°C16916.213.413 h
September 23.0°C16.6°C16.6°C19815.712.412 h
October, selected 18.2°C11.4°C11.4°C12114.211.411 h
November 13.2°C5.6°C5.6°C6810.110.510 h
December 8.4°C0.5°C0.5°C276.210.010 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

Distance from Chenggu

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chenggu) is explained once on the Chenggu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.