Climate averages 1991–2020
Tongren (Qinghai), China weather
in October.
A cool, 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 cool month in Tongren (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linxia Chengguanzhen (108 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Tongren (Qinghai), China, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tongren (Qinghai), China ranks joint 854th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 801st of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Tongren (Qinghai), China is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 19 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
Tongren (Qinghai), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 9.2 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 1.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 6.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 62 | 11.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 15.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 127 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 146 | 20.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 158 | 19.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 161 | 20.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 16.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 172 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 10.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 107 | 16.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 5.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 19 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in OctoberChina · 108 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Nianbo in OctoberChina · 113 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Xining in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Qiaotou in OctoberChina · 161 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Lanzhou in OctoberChina · 175 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Baiyin in OctoberChina · 225 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Dingxi in OctoberChina · 236 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Wuwei in OctoberChina · 274 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 14 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 Tongren) is explained once on the Tongren (Qinghai), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.