Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchang weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd 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 Nanchang: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poyang (86 km away). In October its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Nanchang, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchang ranks joint 152nd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 435th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Nanchang is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 77 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
Nanchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 9.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 91 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 170 | 16.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 195 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 228 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 338 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 188 | 13.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 136 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 53 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 7.0 | 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
- Poyang in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Jinfeng in OctoberChina · 88 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in OctoberChina · 93 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bashan in OctoberChina · 104 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Jiujiang in OctoberChina · 114 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Yingtan in OctoberChina · 123 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Xiugu in OctoberChina · 125 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Wuxue in OctoberChina · 133 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 61 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 Nanchang) is explained once on the Nanchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.