Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In October its highs average 13.7°C, 10.8°C warmer than Gengqing, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 720th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Gengqing is 17.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.2°C to -6.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 79 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in OctoberChina · 153 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in OctoberChina · 198 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Kangding in OctoberChina · 380 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Ya'an in OctoberChina · 468 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in OctoberChina · 520 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in OctoberChina · 537 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Chengdu in OctoberChina · 537 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Meishan in OctoberChina · 539 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 65 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.