Climate averages 1991–2020
Qingdao weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th 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 Qingdao: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimo (37 km away). In October its highs average 19.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Qingdao, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingdao ranks joint 614th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 327th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Qingdao is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 39 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
Qingdao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 13 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 28 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 44 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 80 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 158 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 163 | 11.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 85 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 19.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 39 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 20 | 3.6 | 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
- Jimo in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Jiaozhou in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Yinzhu in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Nancun in OctoberChina · 57 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Baicheng, China in OctoberChina · 61 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Linjiacun in OctoberChina · 66 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Gaomi in OctoberChina · 67 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Jiangshan in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 30 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 Qingdao) is explained once on the Qingdao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.