Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita weather
in October.
A cold, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Chita: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In October its highs average 6.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Chita, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks 209th of 236 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Chita is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.2°C to -6.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 12 mm to 5.1 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 7.88 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
- Ulan-Ude in OctoberRussia · 405 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Jalai Nur in OctoberChina · 413 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Hailar in OctoberChina · 540 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Hulunbuir in OctoberChina · 542 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Genhe in OctoberChina · 574 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Yakeshi in OctoberChina · 595 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Darhan in OctoberMongolia · 603 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Irkutsk in OctoberRussia · 628 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.8°C · 23 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.