Climate averages 1991–2020

Tangshan weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 8.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 37 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Tangshan: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Zhaogezhuang (24 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Tangshan, with 38 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tangshan ranks joint 628th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 246th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Tangshan is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 9.1°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 14 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tangshan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tangshan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.5°C-7.6°C-7.6°C2.50.99.710 h
February 5.3°C-5.2°C-5.2°C5.31.310.711 h
March 12.2°C-0.5°C-0.5°C112.711.912 h
April 20.1°C6.9°C6.9°C304.613.213 h
May 26.4°C13.5°C13.5°C495.914.314 h
June 29.9°C18.8°C18.8°C1009.514.915 h
July 30.9°C22.2°C22.2°C19113.514.715 h
August 29.5°C21.1°C21.1°C14312.113.714 h
September 26.0°C15.9°C15.9°C586.912.512 h
October, selected 19.0°C8.5°C8.5°C374.911.211 h
November 9.9°C-0.1°C-0.1°C142.710.010 h
December 2.9°C-5.7°C-5.7°C4.21.39.49 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

Distance from Tangshan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tangshan) is explained once on the Tangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.