Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshanlu weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Jinshanlu: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (353 km away). In October its highs average 14.5°C, 5.0°C warmer than Jinshanlu, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshanlu ranks 865th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 54th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jinshanlu is 10.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.9°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 25 mm to 32 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
Jinshanlu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.8°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -3.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 4.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 22 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 25 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | -0.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 6.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | -7.1°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 8.58 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
- Karamay in OctoberChina · 353 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tacheng in OctoberChina · 409 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in OctoberChina · 413 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Shihezi in OctoberChina · 426 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Changji in OctoberChina · 432 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Ürümqi in OctoberChina · 452 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Wusu in OctoberChina · 464 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in OctoberKazakhstan · 468 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 50 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 Jinshanlu) is explained once on the Jinshanlu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.