Climate averages 1991–2020

Jinsha weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 22.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 15.0°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 53 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a warm month in Jinsha: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantong (20 km away). In October its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Jinsha, with 52 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinsha ranks joint 329th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 435th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jinsha is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 53 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. -505101520253035 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

Jinsha climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jinsha, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.7°C0.5°C0.5°C568.010.310 h
February 9.5°C1.7°C1.7°C568.211.011 h
March 13.7°C5.1°C5.1°C7910.212.012 h
April 19.4°C10.2°C10.2°C909.512.913 h
May 24.4°C15.8°C15.8°C1119.313.814 h
June 27.4°C20.3°C20.3°C22612.414.214 h
July 30.9°C24.8°C24.8°C19815.114.014 h
August 30.4°C24.9°C24.9°C17815.213.313 h
September 26.6°C20.6°C20.6°C969.212.412 h
October, selected 22.0°C15.0°C15.0°C535.911.411 h
November 16.5°C9.1°C9.1°C537.010.511 h
December 10.1°C2.8°C2.8°C396.110.110 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 Jinsha

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