Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangzhou weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Zhangzhou: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiamen (43 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Zhangzhou, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangzhou ranks joint 29th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 322nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhangzhou is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 47 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
Zhangzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 80 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 103 | 12.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 189 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 253 | 19.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 263 | 20.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 142 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 43 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiamen in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Longyan in OctoberChina · 90 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Ximeicun in OctoberChina · 91 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Jinjiang in OctoberChina · 99 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Quanzhou in OctoberChina · 104 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in OctoberChina · 114 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Chaozhou in OctoberChina · 142 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Chenghua in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 46 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 Zhangzhou) is explained once on the Zhangzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.