Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchuan 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 Nanchuan: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 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 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (27 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Nanchuan, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchuan ranks joint 519th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 831st of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Nanchuan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 80 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
Nanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 36 | 9.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 134 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 191 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 197 | 18.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 188 | 17.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 123 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 16.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in OctoberChina · 27 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Gunan in OctoberChina · 47 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Banan in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in OctoberChina · 67 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Lidu in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Fuling in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Luohuang in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Chongqing in OctoberChina · 70 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 107 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 Nanchuan) is explained once on the Nanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.