Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Zhaotong: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 4.8°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 743rd 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; Zhaotong is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 30 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
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, selected | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Junlian in OctoberChina · 123 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Liupanshui in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Bijie in OctoberChina · 155 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Xichang in OctoberChina · 157 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Xunchang in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Shuifu in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Baixi in OctoberChina · 174 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Changning in OctoberChina · 183 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 95 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.