Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanxi weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Nanxi: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Changning (30 km away). In October its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Nanxi, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanxi ranks joint 431st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 743rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Nanxi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 54 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
Nanxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 33 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 31 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 106 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 201 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 123 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 84 | 17.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 36 | 11.2 | 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
- Changning in OctoberChina · 30 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Yibin in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Luzhou in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Baixi in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Xunchang in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Fuji, China in OctoberChina · 51 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Zigong in OctoberChina · 59 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Shuifu in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 75 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 Nanxi) is explained once on the Nanxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.