Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In October its highs average 23.7°C, 5.4°C warmer than Lijiang, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 649th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 811th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Lijiang is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 29 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in OctoberChina · 131 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Dali in OctoberChina · 143 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 167 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 172 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in OctoberChina · 179 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 222 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.