Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry 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 cool month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Thimphu (212 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, 2.6°C warmer than Rikaze, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 783rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 28th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Rikaze is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 2.4 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 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
- Thimphu in OctoberBhutan · 212 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Gangtok in OctoberIndia · 216 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Dārjiling in OctoberIndia · 254 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Jaigaon in OctoberIndia · 271 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Lhoka in OctoberChina · 280 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Siliguri in OctoberIndia · 286 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in OctoberIndia · 304 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Dharān in OctoberNepal · 313 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 73 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.