Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinniu weather
in October.
A warm, moderately 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 warm month in Jinniu: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangcheng (37 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 3.6°C cooler than Jinniu, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinniu ranks joint 169th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 662nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jinniu is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 20 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
Jinniu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 140 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 199 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 199 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 142 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 23.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Dali in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 52 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Lijiang in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Chuxiong in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 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 Jinniu) is explained once on the Jinniu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.