Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th 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 Fenghuang: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 548th of 884 for the warmest October highs and 822nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Fenghuang is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 92 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
Fenghuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 93 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 115 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 231 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 277 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 313 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 17.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 106 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 116 | 11.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 92 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Jishou in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in OctoberChina · 47 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Huaihua in OctoberChina · 57 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Zhonghe in OctoberChina · 83 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Hongjiang in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Zhongduo in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Shangmei in OctoberChina · 168 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°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 Fenghuang) is explained once on the Fenghuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.