Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiguai 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 Shiguai: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 Salaqi (26 km away). In October its highs average 14.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Shiguai, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiguai ranks joint 807th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 54th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shiguai is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.4°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 10 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
Shiguai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-16.2°C | -16.2°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.3°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 5.8 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.7°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 22 | 3.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 33 | 5.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 12.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.4°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.9°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 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
- Salaqi in OctoberChina · 26 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Baotou in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Dongsheng in OctoberChina · 102 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Ordos in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 239 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Ulanqab in OctoberChina · 242 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 244 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 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 Shiguai) is explained once on the Shiguai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.