Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiyuan weather
in October.
A mild, 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 mild month in Taiyuan: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Jinzhong (27 km away). In October its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Taiyuan, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taiyuan ranks joint 669th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 224th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Taiyuan is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 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
Taiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 6.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 55 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 110 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 99 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 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
- Jinzhong in OctoberChina · 27 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Xinzhou in OctoberChina · 62 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Yangquan in OctoberChina · 88 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Yuanping in OctoberChina · 96 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Jiexiu in OctoberChina · 110 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Lüliang in OctoberChina · 131 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in OctoberChina · 169 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 27 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 Taiyuan) is explained once on the Taiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.