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Beijing in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Beijing is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Beijing is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
11h 02mon average

Is October a good time to visit Beijing?

Yes. October is one of Beijing's best months (April, or October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in October, against 38°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in October, against 3°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in October, against 4% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in October, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

11h 02m in October, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October72°22°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November56°13°low 32°low 0°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Beijing sits, in October

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:23 AMsets 5:37 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai1068 km south-east

The land around Beijing, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Beijing

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beijing. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.