Climate averages 1991–2020
Tianshui weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Tianshui: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beidao (14 km away). In October its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Tianshui, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tianshui ranks joint 698th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 700th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Tianshui is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 26 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
Tianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 11 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 6.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 31 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 50 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 77 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 93 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 123 | 12.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 122 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 116 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 16.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 75 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 26 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 9.7 | 2.9 | 9.910 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
- Beidao in OctoberChina · 14 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Xingguo in OctoberChina · 32 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Gangu Chengguanzhen in OctoberChina · 42 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Xinxing in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Pan’an in OctoberChina · 61 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Luomen in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Pingliang in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Baoji in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 104 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 Tianshui) is explained once on the Tianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.