Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanqiao weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd 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 Nanqiao: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengxiang (7 km away). In October its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Nanqiao, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanqiao ranks joint 267th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 580th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Nanqiao is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 55 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
Nanqiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 64 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 110 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 275 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 143 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 104 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 47 | 6.8 | 10.210 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
- Fengxiang in OctoberChina · 7 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Jinshan in OctoberChina · 17 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Xinqiao in OctoberChina · 21 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Minhang in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Songjiang in OctoberChina · 25 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Zhujing in OctoberChina · 28 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Xuhui in OctoberChina · 31 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Shanghai in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.9°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 Nanqiao) is explained once on the Nanqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.