Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiajie weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Zhangjiajie: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (116 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Zhangjiajie, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiajie ranks joint 341st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 819th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhangjiajie is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 92 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
Zhangjiajie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 150 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 220 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 247 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 317 | 19.9 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 111 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 115 | 11.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 46 | 8.3 | 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
- Jishou in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Changde in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Jinshi in OctoberChina · 145 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Fenghuang in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Enshi in OctoberChina · 162 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Zhicheng in OctoberChina · 163 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Zhonghe in OctoberChina · 164 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Zhongduo in OctoberChina · 170 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 145 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 Zhangjiajie) is explained once on the Zhangjiajie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.