Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Xunchang: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (24 km away). In October its highs average 21.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xunchang, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 569th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 726th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xunchang is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 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
- Changning in OctoberChina · 24 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Baixi in OctoberChina · 32 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Yibin in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Shuifu in OctoberChina · 36 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Junlian in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Nanxi in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Gusong in OctoberChina · 53 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Xuyong in OctoberChina · 77 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 129 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.