Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in October.
A mild, 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 Jianshui: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In October its highs average 20.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Jianshui, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 557th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 874th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jianshui is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 72 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 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
- Chuxiong in OctoberChina · 90 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Longquan in OctoberChina · 105 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Lincang in OctoberChina · 123 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Yuxi in OctoberChina · 134 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Ning’er in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Anning in OctoberChina · 146 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 91 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.