Climate averages 1991–2020
Shuozhou 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 Shuozhou: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Yuanping (73 km away). In October its highs average 16.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Shuozhou, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shuozhou ranks joint 764th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 257th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Shuozhou is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.6°C to 5.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 15 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
Shuozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 11.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 78 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | -1.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 3.3 | 1.2 | 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
- Yuanping in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Xinzhou in OctoberChina · 104 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Datong in OctoberChina · 114 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Taiyuan in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 179 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Jinzhong in OctoberChina · 184 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yangquan in OctoberChina · 190 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°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 Shuozhou) is explained once on the Shuozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.