Climate averages 1991–2020
Lu’an weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Lu’an: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Wuyang (38 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Lu’an, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lu’an ranks joint 267th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 488th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Lu’an is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 48 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
Lu’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 72 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 173 | 11.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 183 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 150 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 77 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 48 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 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
- Wuyang in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Hefei in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Lucheng in OctoberChina · 91 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Huainan in OctoberChina · 109 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Chaohu in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Anqing in OctoberChina · 145 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Fuyang in OctoberChina · 145 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Huangchuan in OctoberChina · 146 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 60 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 Lu’an) is explained once on the Lu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.