Climate averages 1991–2020
Baotou weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Baotou: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (38 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Baotou, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baotou ranks joint 761st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 43rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Baotou is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.6°C to 4.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 9.4 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Baotou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.4°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 2.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 38 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 81 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 81 | 8.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 54 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.7°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Shiguai in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Salaqi in OctoberChina · 58 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Dongsheng in OctoberChina · 94 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Ordos in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 153 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Bayan Nur in OctoberChina · 207 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Yulinshi in OctoberChina · 263 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 265 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 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 Baotou) is explained once on the Baotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.