Climate averages 1991–2020

Wujiaqu 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.

Average high 16.2°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 4.2°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 16 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wujiaqu · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Wujiaqu: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (24 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Wujiaqu, with 21 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wujiaqu ranks joint 715th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 28th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Wujiaqu is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 11.7°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 12 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. -25-20-15-10-50510152025303540 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Wujiaqu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wujiaqu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -10.0°C-19.4°C-19.4°C3.31.19.39 h
February -3.3°C-13.8°C-13.8°C5.41.510.410 h
March 9.2°C-3.8°C-3.8°C102.911.912 h
April 20.3°C5.2°C5.2°C234.913.413 h
May 26.2°C12.1°C12.1°C225.014.715 h
June 31.4°C18.3°C18.3°C194.415.415 h
July 33.1°C20.5°C20.5°C224.515.115 h
August 31.6°C18.5°C18.5°C224.314.014 h
September 25.5°C12.4°C12.4°C153.612.613 h
October, selected 16.2°C4.2°C4.2°C164.211.011 h
November 4.5°C-4.4°C-4.4°C123.29.710 h
December -6.8°C-14.9°C-14.9°C7.32.38.99 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 Wujiaqu

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 Wujiaqu) is explained once on the Wujiaqu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.