Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingliang weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Pingliang: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guyuan (64 km away). In October its highs average 13.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Pingliang, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingliang ranks joint 745th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 631st of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Pingliang is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Pingliang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 8.3 | 2.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 31 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 79 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 13.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 | 12.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 15.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Guyuan in OctoberChina · 64 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Qingyang in OctoberChina · 89 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Xingguo in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Beidao in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Tianshui in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Baoji in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Guozhen in OctoberChina · 144 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Xinxing in OctoberChina · 150 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 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 Pingliang) is explained once on the Pingliang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.