Chengdu in October: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, October in Chengdu has run 15.5–21.2°C with about 70 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Chengdu is actually having, today.
Grow one in Chengdu's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in October in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 7, first autumn frost around Dec 16 — roughly 313 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 4.1 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it cools by about 3.2°C from the first ten days to the last — the window for autumn sowings is opening.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-October, then adding up the warmth Chengdu usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥕 Parsnip | 167 | Mar 30 |
| 🥬 Napa cabbage | 140 | Mar 3 |
| 🫘 Broad bean | 126 | Feb 17 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 135 | Feb 26 |
| 🧅 Leek | 162 | Mar 25 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 51 | Dec 4 |
⏳ Too late this month: Cauliflower, Peas, Celery, Potato, Green Beans, Sweet Corn would still be in the ground when the first frost arrives (around Dec 16). Sow them earlier in the year, or grow them under cover.
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🥕 Parsnip about 90 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Napa cabbage about 59 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cauliflower about 67 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫘 Broad bean about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Peas about 49 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 97 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 80 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 36 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 72 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 108 days to harvest Recent mean 18.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 18.4°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Too little heat to ever mature at current temperatures
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~220 days)
Other months in Chengdu
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Chengdu, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.