Climate averages 1991–2020

Daxing’anling weather
in October.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 5.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low -3.4°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 32 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a cold month in Daxing’anling: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiagedaqi (217 km away). In October its highs average 6.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Daxing’anling, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Daxing’anling ranks 882nd 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; Daxing’anling is 15.3°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 13.1°C to -8.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 32 mm to 13 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Daxing’anling climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Daxing’anling, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -16.9°C-26.9°C-26.9°C4.11.38.38 h
February -11.1°C-23.9°C-23.9°C4.11.49.910 h
March -2.5°C-16.3°C-16.3°C102.811.812 h
April 7.8°C-4.6°C-4.6°C255.713.914 h
May 16.6°C4.0°C4.0°C6510.215.716 h
June 22.9°C11.3°C11.3°C8812.416.717 h
July 24.7°C15.3°C15.3°C13715.616.316 h
August 22.4°C12.9°C12.9°C10112.814.715 h
September 15.7°C5.6°C5.6°C629.512.713 h
October, selected 5.1°C-3.4°C-3.4°C325.910.711 h
November -8.1°C-16.8°C-16.8°C133.08.89 h
December -17.1°C-25.6°C-25.6°C5.72.17.88 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

Distance from Daxing’anling

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Daxing’anling) is explained once on the Daxing’anling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.