Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th 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 Guiyang: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In October its highs average 18.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Guiyang, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 621st of 884 for the warmest October highs and 800th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Guiyang is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 63 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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 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
- Anshun in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Duyun in OctoberChina · 87 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Dushan in OctoberChina · 117 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Zunyi in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Kaili in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Liuzhi in OctoberChina · 134 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Bijie in OctoberChina · 163 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Loushanguan in OctoberChina · 173 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 139 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.