Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In November its highs average 16.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 532nd of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 349th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Zhaotong is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November, selected | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
November in nearby cities
- Junlian in NovemberChina · 123 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Liupanshui in NovemberChina · 137 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Bijie in NovemberChina · 155 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Xichang in NovemberChina · 157 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Xunchang in NovemberChina · 160 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Shuifu in NovemberChina · 161 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Baixi in NovemberChina · 174 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Changning in NovemberChina · 183 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 61 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.