Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiuquan weather
in October.
A cool, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Jiuquan: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (21 km away). In October its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Jiuquan, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiuquan ranks joint 776th of 884 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Jiuquan is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.5°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.9 mm to 4.8 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
Jiuquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 7.4 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 6.7 | 1.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 4.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 15 | 2.8 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 13.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.6°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.49 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
- Jiayuguan in OctoberChina · 21 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Zhangye in OctoberChina · 189 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Dunhuang in OctoberChina · 330 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Jinchang in OctoberChina · 346 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Wuwei in OctoberChina · 410 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Qiaotou in OctoberChina · 416 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Xining in OctoberChina · 448 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.0°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 Jiuquan) is explained once on the Jiuquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.