Climate averages 1991–2020
Shitanjing 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 Shitanjing: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (28 km away). In October its highs average 16.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Shitanjing, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shitanjing ranks joint 754th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 28th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shitanjing is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.2°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 5.1 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
Shitanjing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 5.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 14.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.59 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
- Shizuishan in OctoberChina · 28 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Huinong in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wuda in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Wuhai in OctoberChina · 64 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Xigang in OctoberChina · 76 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Yinchuan in OctoberChina · 85 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Wuzhong in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 17 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 Shitanjing) is explained once on the Shitanjing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.