Climate averages 1991–2020
Cixi weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Cixi: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuyao (17 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Cixi, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Cixi ranks joint 218th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 674th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Cixi is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 65 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
Cixi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 78 | 10.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 14.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 117 | 11.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 144 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 266 | 16.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 145 | 11.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 152 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 122 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 71 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 65 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 62 | 7.3 | 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
- Yuyao in OctoberChina · 17 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Shangyu in OctoberChina · 40 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Ningbo in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Fenghua in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Haining in OctoberChina · 67 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Shaoxing in OctoberChina · 67 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Jinshan in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Fengxiang in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 74 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 Cixi) is explained once on the Cixi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.