Climate averages 1991–2020
Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou: 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 6 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 Foshan (16 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Guangzhou, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guangzhou 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; Guangzhou is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 35 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
Guangzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 55 | 8.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 197 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 290 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 336 | 22.7 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 229 | 21.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 264 | 22.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 177 | 15.8 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 4.7 | 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
- Foshan in OctoberChina · 16 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Dasha in OctoberChina · 20 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Shiqiao in OctoberChina · 22 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Daliang in OctoberChina · 31 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Sanshui in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Nantou, China in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Shaping in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Dongguan in OctoberChina · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 51 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 Guangzhou) is explained once on the Guangzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Foshan and Shiqiao lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.