Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhengzhou weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Zhengzhou: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinxiang (50 km away). In October its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Zhengzhou, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhengzhou ranks joint 341st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 312th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhengzhou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Zhengzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 58 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 86 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 182 | 14.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 146 | 13.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xinxiang in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Kaifeng in OctoberChina · 60 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in OctoberChina · 65 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Yuzhou in OctoberChina · 69 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Xuchang in OctoberChina · 83 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Jiyuan in OctoberChina · 103 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Luoyang in OctoberChina · 111 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Jincheng in OctoberChina · 111 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 39 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 Zhengzhou) is explained once on the Zhengzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.