Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiulin weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Xiulin: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinshi (53 km away). In October its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Xiulin, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiulin ranks joint 205th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 711th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xiulin is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 66 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
Xiulin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 170 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 197 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 250 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 10.310 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
- Jinshi in OctoberChina · 53 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Buhe in OctoberChina · 66 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Jingzhou in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Yueyang in OctoberChina · 77 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in OctoberChina · 92 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Zhijiang in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Changde in OctoberChina · 102 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Xindi in OctoberChina · 104 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°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 Xiulin) is explained once on the Xiulin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.