Climate averages 1991–2020
Dandong weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dandong: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet 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 Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (45 km away). In October its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Dandong, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dandong ranks joint 696th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 488th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dandong is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.0°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 46 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
Dandong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 112 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 225 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Kuandian in OctoberChina · 74 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Xiuyan in OctoberChina · 97 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Paek'ak in OctoberNorth Korea · 127 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Gongchangling in OctoberChina · 136 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Benxi in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 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 Dandong) is explained once on the Dandong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.