Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang weather
in October.
A warm, 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 Lincang: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianshui (123 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 2.9°C cooler than Lincang, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 205th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 846th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Lincang is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 47 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.711 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
- Jianshui in OctoberChina · 123 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Ning’er in OctoberChina · 134 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Menglang in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Pu'er in OctoberChina · 151 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Longling County in OctoberChina · 163 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Menghuan in OctoberChina · 165 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 167 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 167 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.