Climate averages 1991–2020
Salaqi weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Salaqi: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (26 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Salaqi, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Salaqi ranks joint 754th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 127th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Salaqi is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.6°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 12 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
Salaqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 25 | 3.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 35 | 4.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 101 | 9.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 94 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 68 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.1°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.5°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.39 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
- Shiguai in OctoberChina · 26 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Baotou in OctoberChina · 58 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Dongsheng in OctoberChina · 93 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 101 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Ordos in OctoberChina · 121 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 212 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 224 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Ulanqab in OctoberChina · 226 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 27 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 Salaqi) is explained once on the Salaqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.