Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhoukou weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 warm month in Zhoukou: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 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 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaidian (43 km away). In October its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Zhoukou, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhoukou ranks joint 267th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 377th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Zhoukou is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 35 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
Zhoukou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 76 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 114 | 8.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 216 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 154 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 78 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.010 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
- Huaidian in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Luohe in OctoberChina · 56 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Jishui in OctoberChina · 72 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Jieshou in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Xuchang in OctoberChina · 84 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Zhumadian in OctoberChina · 92 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Bozhou in OctoberChina · 109 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Yuzhou in OctoberChina · 122 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 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 Zhoukou) is explained once on the Zhoukou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.