Chita weather in October

In October, Chita sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 2.8 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Chita's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chita's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 12 mm; 2.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:01 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.8; out of 10

Chita is city in eastern Russia.

Density: 654/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1653

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 10°C in the first days to 1°C by the end.

A typical October day in Chita reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 10°C cooler than September and about 13°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)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-8	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-11	-11	-11

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

How October really feels in Chita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

18 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Chita weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-19° / -31°	1	0.5	0.9	8.1	0.0
Feb	-11° / -27°	2	0.5	0.7	9.6	0.0
Mar	-1° / -16°	4	1.3	1.8	11.5	0.0
Apr	8° / -5°	15	3.6	2.9	13.6	1.5
May	16° / 2°	39	7.5	1.6	15.4	5.3
Jun	23° / 9°	53	9.9	0	16.4	6.7
Jul	25° / 12°	83	11.3	0	16	6.6
Aug	22° / 10°	83	11.3	0	14.4	6.3
Sep	15° / 2°	47	7.7	0.5	12.4	4.8
Oct	5° / -7°	12	2.8	2.5	10.4	0.8
Nov	-7° / -18°	5	1.8	2.2	8.5	0.0
Dec	-17° / -27°	3	1.2	1.7	7.6	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	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 (%)	50	50	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	50	50	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Chita gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 2.8 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 10% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8
Snow chance (%)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

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 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 4:51 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)	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:54	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:34	5:56
2	11.3	6:36	5:54
3	11.2	6:38	5:51
4	11.2	6:39	5:49
5	11.1	6:41	5:46
6	11.0	6:43	5:44
7	11.0	6:45	5:42
8	10.9	6:46	5:39
9	10.8	6:48	5:37
10	10.7	6:50	5:35
11	10.7	6:52	5:33
12	10.6	6:53	5:30
13	10.5	6:55	5:28
14	10.5	6:57	5:26
15	10.4	6:59	5:24
16	10.3	7:01	5:21
17	10.3	7:02	5:19
18	10.2	7:04	5:17
19	10.1	7:06	5:15
20	10.1	7:08	5:13
21	10.0	7:10	5:11
22	10.0	7:12	5:09
23	9.9	7:13	5:07
24	9.8	7:15	5:05
25	9.8	7:17	5:03
26	9.7	7:19	5:01
27	9.6	7:21	4:59
28	9.6	7:22	4:57
29	9.5	7:24	4:55
30	9.4	7:26	4:53
31	9.4	7:28	4:51

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.56 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.0	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Chita?

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

0.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chita.

What to pack for Chita in October

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

In October, Chita sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Chita in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chita peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	5	6	6	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Chita 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 Chita is worst in April — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 62.3× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	3	10	56	93	53	13	22	12	5	6	3	2
Level	Good	Good	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	93	Unhealthy
May	53	Poor
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	5	Good
Oct	6	Good
Nov	3	Good
Dec	2	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Chita?

Chita sits at 52.0°N, 113.5°E, 690 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Aginskoye, 127 km away.

Topography around Chita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chita has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m around an average of 689 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,006 m.

The land around Chita is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

280 m

artificial surfaces 51%

16 km

527 m

trees 54%

80 km

1,006 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Aginskoye 127 km · Nerchinsk 212 km · Borzya 280 km · Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 331 km · Krasnokamensk 384 km · Ulan-Ude 405 km · Choibalsan 448 km · Severobaykal’sk 484 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Chita (52.0431°, 113.4917°, elevation 690 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	10	-2
2	10	-2
3	10	-3
4	9	-3
5	9	-3
6	9	-3
7	9	-4
8	8	-4
9	8	-4
10	8	-5
11	7	-5
12	7	-5
13	7	-5
14	6	-6
15	6	-6
16	6	-6
17	5	-7
18	5	-7
19	4	-7
20	4	-7
21	4	-8
22	3	-8
23	3	-8
24	3	-9
25	2	-9
26	2	-9
27	1	-10
28	1	-10
29	1	-11
30	0	-11
31	0	-11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	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