Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu 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 Zhongshu: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Miyang (35 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 569th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 618th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhongshu is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 25 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 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
- Miyang in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 102 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Qujing in OctoberChina · 108 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Kunming in OctoberChina · 121 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Haikou, China in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Yuxi in OctoberChina · 125 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Majie in OctoberChina · 128 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Xingyi in OctoberChina · 132 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 93 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.