Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Zigong: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately 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 Neijiang (39 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 431st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 650th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zigong is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 37 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 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
- Neijiang in OctoberChina · 39 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Nanxi in OctoberChina · 59 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Fuji, China in OctoberChina · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Yibin in OctoberChina · 66 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Luocheng in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Baixi in OctoberChina · 75 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Changyuan in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Luzhou in OctoberChina · 81 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 89 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.