Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichuan weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th 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 Lichuan: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enshi (61 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lichuan, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lichuan ranks joint 698th of 884 for the warmest October highs and 870th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Lichuan is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 101 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
Lichuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 63 | 12.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 73 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 11.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 178 | 17.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 20.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 226 | 18.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 265 | 19.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 276 | 22.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 171 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 16.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 146 | 15.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 101 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 60 | 12.3 | 10.210 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
- Enshi in OctoberChina · 61 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Wanzhou in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Nanbin in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Yezhou in OctoberChina · 90 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Yong’an in OctoberChina · 99 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Hanfeng in OctoberChina · 106 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Linjiang in OctoberChina · 107 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 141 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 Lichuan) is explained once on the Lichuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.