Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangzhi weather
in October.
A cool, 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 cool month in Shangzhi: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchang (73 km away). In October its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Shangzhi, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangzhi ranks 829th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 370th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shangzhi is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.4°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 47 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Shangzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-22.8°C | -22.8°C | 6.1 | 1.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.1°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 20 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 40 | 7.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 79 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 150 | 15.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 138 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 70 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 11 | 3.2 | 8.89 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Wuchang in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Acheng in OctoberChina · 90 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Shulan in OctoberChina · 121 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Harbin in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Hailin in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in OctoberChina · 134 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Hulan in OctoberChina · 135 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 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 Shangzhi) is explained once on the Shangzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.