Climate averages 1991–2020
Korla weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Korla: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (256 km away). In October its highs average 14.0°C, 4.2°C cooler than Korla, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Korla ranks joint 649th of 884 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Korla is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.1°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.1 mm to 3.6 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
Korla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ürümqi in OctoberChina · 256 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Changji in OctoberChina · 267 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Xincheng in OctoberChina · 267 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Turpan in OctoberChina · 282 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Shihezi in OctoberChina · 283 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in OctoberChina · 289 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Xinyuan in OctoberChina · 301 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Wusu in OctoberChina · 320 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 33 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 Korla) is explained once on the Korla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.