Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaping weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Shaping: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Jiangmen (24 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Shaping, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaping ranks joint 36th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 610th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shaping is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 35 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
Shaping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 37 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 49 | 8.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 98 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 175 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 257 | 20.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 288 | 22.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 215 | 21.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 258 | 22.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 188 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 64 | 7.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 36 | 4.6 | 10.811 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
- Jiangmen in OctoberChina · 24 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Daliang in OctoberChina · 31 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Foshan in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Nantou, China in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Sanshui in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Shiqiao in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Guangzhou in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Zhongshan in OctoberChina · 51 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 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 Shaping) is explained once on the Shaping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.