Climate averages 1991–2020

Jianshui weather
in November.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.3°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 8.9°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 72 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a mild month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In November its highs average 18.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jianshui, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 234th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 774th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Jianshui is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 45 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jianshui climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jianshui, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.1°C4.7°C4.7°C657.310.811 h
February 17.6°C5.8°C5.8°C496.211.311 h
March 21.2°C8.9°C8.9°C617.512.012 h
April 23.5°C11.7°C11.7°C9910.812.713 h
May 24.0°C14.3°C14.3°C17616.813.313 h
June 24.0°C16.3°C16.3°C27925.613.614 h
July 23.4°C16.5°C16.5°C33429.513.513 h
August 23.6°C16.1°C16.1°C28727.713.013 h
September 22.4°C15.1°C15.1°C21224.412.312 h
October 20.1°C13.1°C13.1°C16020.311.612 h
November, selected 17.3°C8.9°C8.9°C729.811.011 h
December 14.8°C5.8°C5.8°C457.510.711 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Jianshui

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.