Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhua weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Dunhua: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In October its highs average 11.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Dunhua, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks joint 831st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 322nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dunhua is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.5°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 29 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
Dunhua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | -5.6°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 52 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 89 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 174 | 15.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 158 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 43 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -7.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Jiaohe in OctoberChina · 82 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Helong in OctoberChina · 111 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Yanji in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Longjing in OctoberChina · 118 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Wangqing in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Huadian in OctoberChina · 128 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Tumen in OctoberChina · 138 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Jilin in OctoberChina · 144 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 51 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 Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.