Climate averages 1991–2020
Dasha weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dasha: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangzhou (20 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Dasha, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dasha ranks joint 20th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 518th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dasha is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 36 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
Dasha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 53 | 8.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 119 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 199 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 318 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 389 | 23.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 258 | 23.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 297 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 186 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 4.8 | 10.711 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
- Guangzhou in OctoberChina · 20 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Shiqiao in OctoberChina · 20 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Dongguan in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Foshan in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Daliang in OctoberChina · 36 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Shijie in OctoberChina · 36 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Humen in OctoberChina · 40 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Licheng in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 49 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 Dasha) is explained once on the Dasha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.