Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin 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 Harbin: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In October its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 822nd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 257th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Harbin is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 12.0°C to -0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 18 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
Harbin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
- Hulan in OctoberChina · 17 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Acheng in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in OctoberChina · 49 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in OctoberChina · 63 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Zhaodong in OctoberChina · 63 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Wuchang in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Suihua in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 41 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 Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.