Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongtai weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dongtai: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (41 km away). In October its highs average 21.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dongtai, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongtai ranks joint 329th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 435th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dongtai is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 55 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
Dongtai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 7.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 7.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 104 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 187 | 11.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 237 | 15.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 189 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 55 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 5.4 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in OctoberChina · 41 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Jiangyan in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Xinghua in OctoberChina · 45 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in OctoberChina · 55 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Yancheng in OctoberChina · 58 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Rugao in OctoberChina · 59 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Taixing in OctoberChina · 81 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Gaoyou in OctoberChina · 81 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 52 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 Dongtai) is explained once on the Dongtai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.