Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoyang weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Shaoyang: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lengshuijiang (50 km away). In October its highs average 22.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Shaoyang, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoyang ranks joint 205th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 650th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shaoyang is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 65 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
Shaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 57 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 72 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 171 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 226 | 17.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 271 | 19.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 186 | 14.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 76 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 23.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Lengshuijiang in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Gantang in OctoberChina · 55 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Shangmei in OctoberChina · 58 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Yongfeng in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Loudi in OctoberChina · 76 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Yongzhou in OctoberChina · 92 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Wugang in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 68 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 Shaoyang) is explained once on the Shaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.