Climate averages 1991–2020
Songling weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd 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 Songling: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suzhou (17 km away). In October its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Songling, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songling ranks joint 235th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 409th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Songling is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 55 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
Songling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 64 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 64 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 14.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 93 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 108 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 132 | 10.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 274 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 170 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 159 | 15.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 91 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 51 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 55 | 7.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 43 | 6.3 | 10.210 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
- Suzhou in OctoberChina · 17 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Kunshan in OctoberChina · 30 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Qingpu in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Xiayang in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Taicang in OctoberChina · 46 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Jiaxing in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Changshu in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Songjiang in OctoberChina · 51 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 58 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 Songling) is explained once on the Songling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.