Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong 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 Datong: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Beichengqu (40 km away). In October its highs average 13.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Datong, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks joint 761st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 173rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Datong is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.8°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 13 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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 40 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Ulanqab in OctoberChina · 101 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 114 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in OctoberChina · 154 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Yuanping in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Xuanhua in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Xinzhou in OctoberChina · 193 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.