Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandu weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sandu: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dacheng (36 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Sandu, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sandu ranks joint 53rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 825th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Sandu is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 45 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
Sandu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 32 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 28 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 31 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 57 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.6°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 142 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 191 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 276 | 20.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 192 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 118 | 11.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 45 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 41 | 6.2 | 11.011 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
- Dacheng in OctoberChina · 36 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Yaxing in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Nada in OctoberChina · 48 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Basuo in OctoberChina · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Xucheng in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Haikou in OctoberChina · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Qiongshan in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 161 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 Sandu) is explained once on the Sandu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.