Climate averages 1991–2020
Jishou weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Jishou: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fenghuang (45 km away). In October its highs average 20.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Jishou, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jishou ranks joint 405th of 884 for the warmest October highs and 850th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jishou is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 108 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
Jishou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 119 | 14.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 187 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 270 | 19.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 326 | 18.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 373 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 295 | 16.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 12.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 108 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 69 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Fenghuang in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Zhonghe in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Huaihua in OctoberChina · 88 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Zhongduo in OctoberChina · 111 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Hongjiang in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in OctoberChina · 164 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 126 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 Jishou) is explained once on the Jishou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.