Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming 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 Sanming: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°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 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In October its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 93rd 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; Sanming is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 52 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 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
- Nanping in OctoberChina · 71 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Shaowu in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Longyan in OctoberChina · 144 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Xujiang in OctoberChina · 145 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Qincheng in OctoberChina · 152 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Ximeicun in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Putian in OctoberChina · 166 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Fuzhou in OctoberChina · 170 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 59 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.