Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinzhi weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Xinzhi: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linfen (49 km away). In October its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Xinzhi, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinzhi ranks joint 587th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 327th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xinzhi is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 22 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
Xinzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 34 | 5.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 8.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 113 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 19.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 44 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 22 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 9.710 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
- Linfen in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Jiexiu in OctoberChina · 61 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Lüliang in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in OctoberChina · 143 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Jincheng in OctoberChina · 150 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Jinzhong in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Hancheng in OctoberChina · 163 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 55 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 Xinzhi) is explained once on the Xinzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.