Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 8th 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 Xichang: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In October its highs average 15.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Xichang, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 603rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 842nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xichang is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 48 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhaotong in OctoberChina · 157 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Junlian in OctoberChina · 223 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Shuifu in OctoberChina · 225 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Lijiang in OctoberChina · 232 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Leshan in OctoberChina · 236 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Kangding in OctoberChina · 236 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Luocheng in OctoberChina · 239 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Baixi in OctoberChina · 241 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 75 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.