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Lijiang in October

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Lijiang is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Lijiang is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
11h 27mon average

Is October a good time to visit Lijiang?

A good month, just outside Lijiang's best months, which run from April to May.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in October, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in October, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in October, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in October, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 27m in October, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September72°22°low 54°low 12°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. October69°21°low 50°low 10°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November64°18°low 40°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in October

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:18 AMsets 6:52 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.