Climate averages 1991–2020
Gejiu 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 Gejiu: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Mengzi (23 km away). In October its highs average 22.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Gejiu, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gejiu ranks joint 493rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 560th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Gejiu is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 27 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
Gejiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 17.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 113 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 166 | 22.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 255 | 25.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 266 | 26.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 135 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 20.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 11.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 15.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 2.6 | 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
- Mengzi in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 40 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Wenshan City in OctoberChina · 112 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Miyang in OctoberChina · 120 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Yuxi in OctoberChina · 127 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Lào Cai in OctoberVietnam · 128 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Zhongshu in OctoberChina · 143 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Haikou, China in OctoberChina · 168 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 87 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 Gejiu) is explained once on the Gejiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.