Climate averages 1991–2020
Fuzhou 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 Fuzhou: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 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 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ningde (70 km away). In October its highs average 25.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Fuzhou, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fuzhou ranks joint 140th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 537th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Fuzhou is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 62 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
Fuzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 57 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 10.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 133 | 14.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 136 | 15.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 226 | 17.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 249 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 169 | 15.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 240 | 21.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 165 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 24.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 7.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 62 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.511 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
- Ningde in OctoberChina · 70 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Putian in OctoberChina · 75 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Songcheng in OctoberChina · 115 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Fu’an in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Nanping in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Quanzhou in OctoberChina · 147 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Ximeicun in OctoberChina · 151 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Jinjiang in OctoberChina · 156 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.8°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 Fuzhou) is explained once on the Fuzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.