Climate averages 1991–2020
Xi’an weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Xi’an: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xianyang (23 km away). In October its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Xi’an, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xi’an ranks joint 628th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 729th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xi’an is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 40 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
Xi’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 18 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 33 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 46 | 7.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 93 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 10.7 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 129 | 10.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 133 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 81 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
- Xianyang in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Lintong in OctoberChina · 29 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Weinan in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Tongchuan in OctoberChina · 71 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in OctoberChina · 92 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Shangluo in OctoberChina · 102 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Huayin in OctoberChina · 110 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Guozhen in OctoberChina · 145 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 104 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 Xi’an) is explained once on the Xi’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.