Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangcheng weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Xiangcheng: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yunnanyi (14 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Xiangcheng, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangcheng ranks joint 557th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 668th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xiangcheng is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 23 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
Xiangcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 136 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 201 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 202 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 14 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 16 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Jinniu in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Dali in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in OctoberChina · 47 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Chuxiong in OctoberChina · 110 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 146 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Jianshui in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 160 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 Xiangcheng) is explained once on the Xiangcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.