Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanmenxia weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th 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 Sanmenxia: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuncheng (33 km away). In October its highs average 20.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sanmenxia, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanmenxia ranks joint 587th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 505th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Sanmenxia is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 31 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
Sanmenxia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 41 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 55 | 7.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 75 | 7.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 126 | 12.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 112 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 103 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 19.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 57 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 9.2 | 2.5 | 9.910 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
- Yuncheng in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Yima in OctoberChina · 63 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Yongji in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Hancheng in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Huayin in OctoberChina · 106 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Luoyang in OctoberChina · 114 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Jiyuan in OctoberChina · 132 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 47 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 Sanmenxia) is explained once on the Sanmenxia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.