Climate averages 1991–2020
Beijing weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Beijing: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 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 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daxing (20 km away). In October its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Beijing, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Beijing ranks joint 609th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 190th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Beijing is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.3°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 14 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
Beijing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.1°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 28.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 35 | 5.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 31.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 74 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 160 | 12.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 119 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 56 | 7.1 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 33 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.49 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
- Daxing in OctoberChina · 20 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Tongzhou in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Mentougou in OctoberChina · 26 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Liangxiang in OctoberChina · 30 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Shunyi in OctoberChina · 32 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Changping in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Fangshan in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Langfang in OctoberChina · 51 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 39 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 Beijing) is explained once on the Beijing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.