Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulanqab 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 Ulanqab: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 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 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (62 km away). In October its highs average 13.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Ulanqab, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ulanqab ranks joint 825th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 68th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Ulanqab is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.5°C to 2.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 10 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
Ulanqab climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 24 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 11.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 10 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -4.9°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.39 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
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 62 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Datong in OctoberChina · 101 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Hohhot in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Xuanhua in OctoberChina · 168 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 196 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Salaqi in OctoberChina · 226 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Shiguai in OctoberChina · 242 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 25 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 Ulanqab) is explained once on the Ulanqab year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.