Climate averages 1991–2020
Shijiazhuang weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Shijiazhuang: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengding (14 km away). In October its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Shijiazhuang, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shijiazhuang ranks joint 493rd of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 68th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shijiazhuang is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.5°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 16 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
Shijiazhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 5.4 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 9.4 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 3.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 28.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 4.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 155 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 11.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 20.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 16 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.3°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 9.610 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
- Zhengding in OctoberChina · 14 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Luancheng in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Huaiyang in OctoberChina · 31 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Xinle in OctoberChina · 39 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Xinji in OctoberChina · 66 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dingzhou in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Yangquan in OctoberChina · 83 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Xingtai in OctoberChina · 109 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 24 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 Shijiazhuang) is explained once on the Shijiazhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.