Climate averages 1991–2020

Jinjiang weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.6°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 20.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 49 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Jinjiang · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Jinjiang: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Quanzhou (11 km away). In October its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Jinjiang, with 52 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinjiang ranks joint 109th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 384th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jinjiang is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 47 mm.

The annual picture

October 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. 5101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Jinjiang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jinjiang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.4°C10.0°C10.0°C385.910.811 h
February 17.1°C10.5°C10.5°C538.411.311 h
March 19.7°C12.7°C12.7°C8311.612.012 h
April 23.6°C16.7°C16.7°C9311.212.713 h
May 26.5°C20.8°C20.8°C15613.613.313 h
June 28.7°C24.2°C24.2°C19217.113.614 h
July 30.7°C25.7°C25.7°C15412.913.514 h
August 30.5°C25.5°C25.5°C22416.613.013 h
September 29.3°C24.1°C24.1°C11410.612.312 h
October, selected 26.6°C20.8°C20.8°C493.311.612 h
November 22.8°C16.9°C16.9°C474.211.011 h
December 18.3°C12.1°C12.1°C395.010.611 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

Distance from Jinjiang

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 Jinjiang) is explained once on the Jinjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.