Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qionghai (49 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Wenchang, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks joint 53rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and 880th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Wenchang is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 58 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Qiongshan in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Haikou in OctoberChina · 72 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Wanning in OctoberChina · 95 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 295 mm rain
- Xucheng in OctoberChina · 109 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Nada in OctoberChina · 128 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Dacheng in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.