Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou 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 Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Xuanhua (25 km away). In October its highs average 16.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 748th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 127th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhangjiakou is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.8°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 13 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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 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
- Xuanhua in OctoberChina · 25 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Changping in OctoberChina · 131 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mentougou in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ulanqab in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Beichengqu in OctoberChina · 150 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Datong in OctoberChina · 154 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Fangshan in OctoberChina · 155 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Liangxiang in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 33 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.