Climate averages 1991–2020
Chuxiong weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Chuxiong: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longquan (74 km away). In October its highs average 22.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Chuxiong, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chuxiong ranks joint 473rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 732nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Chuxiong is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 31 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
Chuxiong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 166 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 24.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 126 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 20.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 10.611 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
- Longquan in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Jianshui in OctoberChina · 90 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Anning in OctoberChina · 96 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 96 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Haikou, China in OctoberChina · 108 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in OctoberChina · 110 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Majie in OctoberChina · 110 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 112 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 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 Chuxiong) is explained once on the Chuxiong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.