Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinshi weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Xinshi: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Chengzhong (41 km away). In October its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Xinshi, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinshi ranks joint 256th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 700th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xinshi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 56 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
Xinshi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 51 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 81 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 136 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 174 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 226 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 254 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 140 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 75 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 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
- Chengzhong in OctoberChina · 41 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Jingling in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in OctoberChina · 55 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Anlu in OctoberChina · 56 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Duobao in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Hanchuan in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Xiaogan in OctoberChina · 76 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 68 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 Xinshi) is explained once on the Xinshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.