Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuzhong 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.
October is a mild month in Wuzhong: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yinchuan (54 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Wuzhong, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuzhong ranks joint 674th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 34th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Wuzhong is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 5.9 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
Wuzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.5°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 7.5 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 12 | 2.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 4.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 53 | 6.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 54 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 17.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 5.9 | 1.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 9.610 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
- Yinchuan in OctoberChina · 54 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Xigang in OctoberChina · 64 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhongwei in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in OctoberChina · 105 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Shizuishan in OctoberChina · 112 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Shitanjing in OctoberChina · 139 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Huinong in OctoberChina · 147 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wuda in OctoberChina · 174 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 13 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 Wuzhong) is explained once on the Wuzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.