Datong weather in October

In October, Datong sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Datong's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Datong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 32 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:44 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Datong is prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 36.6 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 132/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical October day in Datong reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 9°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	5
6	17	5
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	13	1
23	13	1
24	13	1
25	13	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	-1
30	11	-1
31	11	-1

How October really feels in Datong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Datong weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -15°	3	0.9	1.1	9.5	0.0
Feb	2° / -11°	5	1.8	1.8	10.4	0.0
Mar	9° / -4°	14	3.6	2.1	11.7	2.1
Apr	17° / 2°	27	4.7	0.9	13	6.0
May	23° / 9°	39	6	0.1	14.2	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	59	9.4	0	14.8	6.6
Jul	28° / 18°	96	11.8	0	14.6	5.6
Aug	27° / 16°	88	10.5	0	13.6	6.5
Sep	22° / 10°	67	8.8	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	15° / 3°	32	5.4	0.2	10.9	5.2
Nov	6° / -5°	13	3	1.5	9.8	0.9
Dec	-1° / -12°	3	0.8	1.2	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Datong gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 18% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	24	0
3	24	0
4	23	0
5	23	0
6	23	0
7	22	0
8	22	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	20	0
12	20	0
13	20	0
14	19	1
15	19	1
16	18	1
17	18	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	14	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	13	1
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	14	3
31	14	3

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:28	6:03
2	11.5	6:29	6:02
3	11.5	6:30	6:00
4	11.4	6:31	5:58
5	11.4	6:32	5:57
6	11.4	6:34	5:55
7	11.3	6:35	5:53
8	11.3	6:36	5:52
9	11.2	6:37	5:50
10	11.2	6:38	5:49
11	11.1	6:39	5:47
12	11.1	6:40	5:46
13	11.0	6:41	5:44
14	11.0	6:42	5:42
15	11.0	6:43	5:41
16	10.9	6:44	5:39
17	10.9	6:45	5:38
18	10.8	6:46	5:37
19	10.8	6:48	5:35
20	10.7	6:49	5:34
21	10.7	6:50	5:32
22	10.7	6:51	5:31
23	10.6	6:52	5:30
24	10.6	6:53	5:28
25	10.5	6:54	5:27
26	10.5	6:56	5:26
27	10.5	6:57	5:24
28	10.4	6:58	5:23
29	10.4	6:59	5:22
30	10.3	7:00	5:21
31	10.3	7:01	5:19

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 3.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Datong

In seasonPeak

None of Datong's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Datong sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Datong?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Datong for sightseeing.

What to pack for Datong in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Datong sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Datong in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Datong peaks around May 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	9	8	8	8	7	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Datong in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Datong is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Datong's WHO annual average of 36.6 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	40	47	41	36	31	28	25	27	39	47	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Datong?

Datong sits at 40.1°N, 113.3°E, 1,054 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Beijing, 265 km away.

Topography around Datong

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Datong.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Datong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 1,055 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,552 m.

The land around Datong is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 81%

16 km

563 m

grassland 41%

80 km

1,552 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Datong year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Beijing 265 km · Tianjin 349 km · Chengde 406 km · Jinan 499 km · Saynshand 593 km · Zhengzhou 594 km · Luoyang 607 km · Songyang 627 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Datong (40.0936°, 113.2914°, elevation 1,054 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	5
6	17	5
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	13	1
23	13	1
24	13	1
25	13	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	-1
30	11	-1
31	11	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	24	0
3	24	0
4	23	0
5	23	0
6	23	0
7	22	0
8	22	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	20	0
12	20	0
13	20	0
14	19	1
15	19	1
16	18	1
17	18	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	14	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	13	1
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	5
6	17	5
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	13	1
23	13	1
24	13	1
25	13	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	-1
30	11	-1
31	11	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	24	0
3	24	0
4	23	0
5	23	0
6	23	0
7	22	0
8	22	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	20	0
12	20	0
13	20	0
14	19	1
15	19	1
16	18	1
17	18	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	14	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	13	1
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	5
6	17	5
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	13	1
23	13	1
24	13	1
25	13	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	-1
30	11	-1
31	11	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	24	0
3	24	0
4	23	0
5	23	0
6	23	0
7	22	0
8	22	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	20	0
12	20	0
13	20	0
14	19	1
15	19	1
16	18	1
17	18	1
18	17	1
19	17	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	14	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	13	1
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100