Climate averages 1991–2020
Songcheng 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 Songcheng: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fu’an (42 km away). In October its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Songcheng, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songcheng ranks joint 147th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 560th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Songcheng is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 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
Songcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 7.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 67 | 9.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 127 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 124 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 191 | 16.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 292 | 18.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 213 | 18.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 283 | 23.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 15.6 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 24.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 61 | 7.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 65 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 15.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 50 | 6.5 | 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
- Fu’an in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Ningde in OctoberChina · 53 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Fuding in OctoberChina · 54 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Jinxiang in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Fuzhou in OctoberChina · 115 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Rui’an in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Wenzhou in OctoberChina · 141 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Lishui in OctoberChina · 176 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 57 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 Songcheng) is explained once on the Songcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.