Climate averages 1991–2020
Shantou weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd 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 Shantou: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chenghua (15 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Shantou, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shantou ranks joint 102nd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 488th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shantou is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 59 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
Shantou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 45 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 18.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 64 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 21.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 113 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 185 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 239 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 188 | 17.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 238 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 156 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 56 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 59 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 51 | 5.8 | 10.711 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
- Chenghua in OctoberChina · 15 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Haimen in OctoberChina · 19 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Chaozhou in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Jieyang in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Puning in OctoberChina · 52 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Huicheng (Guangdong), China in OctoberChina · 53 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Jiazi in OctoberChina · 81 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 55 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 Shantou) is explained once on the Shantou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.