Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanping weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the 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 Nanping: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanming (71 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Nanping, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanping ranks joint 87th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 409th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Nanping is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 57 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
Nanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 81 | 11.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 155 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 174 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 271 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 123 | 13.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.511 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
- Sanming in OctoberChina · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Shaowu in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Wuyishan in OctoberChina · 125 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Fuzhou in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Ningde in OctoberChina · 134 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Fu’an in OctoberChina · 154 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Putian in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Qincheng in OctoberChina · 175 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 63 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 Nanping) is explained once on the Nanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.