Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaozhou 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 Zhaozhou: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 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 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaoyuan (Heilongjiang), China (25 km away). In October its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Zhaozhou, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaozhou ranks 816th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 173rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhaozhou is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 12.0°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 32 mm to 11 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
Zhaozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.1°C-22.2°C | -22.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.19 h |
| February | -5.9°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 52 | 7.4 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 82 | 10.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 129 | 13.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 103 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 54 | 7.6 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.1°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | -9.9°C-19.0°C | -19.0°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 8.89 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
- Zhaoyuan (Heilongjiang), China in OctoberChina · 25 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Zhaodong in OctoberChina · 66 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Fuyu (Jilin), China in OctoberChina · 68 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Songyuan in OctoberChina · 73 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Dalai in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Honggang in OctoberChina · 82 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Anda in OctoberChina · 83 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in OctoberChina · 89 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 36 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 Zhaozhou) is explained once on the Zhaozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.