Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuanping 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 Yuanping: 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 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou (34 km away). In October its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Yuanping, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuanping ranks joint 715th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 231st of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Yuanping is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 16 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
Yuanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 41 | 6.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 63 | 10.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 113 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 71 | 9.4 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 16.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 36 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.510 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
- Xinzhou in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Shuozhou in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Taiyuan in OctoberChina · 96 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Jinzhong in OctoberChina · 115 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yangquan in OctoberChina · 119 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Datong in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in OctoberChina · 168 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Zhengding in OctoberChina · 170 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 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 Yuanping) is explained once on the Yuanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.