Your holiday weather, at a glance

China in October: where is it warmest?

In October, Dongguan is the warmest place with 29 °C by day, Harbin the coolest with 12 °C. 40 of 43 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in October, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Dongguan	75	29°	–	6 h	7
Xiamen	84	28°	25°	6 h	5
Zhuhai	79	28°	27°	6 h	8
Shenzhen	78	28°	27°	6 h	8
Foshan	74	28°	–	6 h	7
Guangzhou	73	28°	–	6 h	7
Sanya	54	28°	28°	5 h	15
Shantou	89	27°	26°	7 h	6
Quanzhou	88	27°	25°	6 h	4
Haikou	62	27°	27°	5 h	15
Guilin	80	26°	–	5 h	7
Fuzhou	74	25°	24°	5 h	9
Wenzhou	79	24°	24°	5 h	8
Changsha	76	24°	–	4 h	8
Shanghai	81	23°	–	5 h	7
Suzhou	81	23°	–	5 h	7
Hefei	81	23°	–	5 h	7
Hangzhou	79	23°	23°	5 h	7
Wuhan	79	23°	–	5 h	8
Ningbo	77	23°	–	5 h	8
Kaifeng	84	22°	–	5 h	5
Zhengzhou	83	22°	–	5 h	5
Nanjing	82	22°	–	5 h	7
Luoyang	80	22°	–	5 h	6
Zhangjiajie	68	22°	–	4 h	11
Jinan	89	21°	–	6 h	4
Chengdu	61	21°	–	2 h	13
Kashgar	97	20°	–	8 h	1
Tianjin	89	20°	–	6 h	5
Beijing	91	19°	–	6 h	4
Qingdao	90	19°	21°	7 h	5
Xi'an	73	19°	–	4 h	9
Kunming	64	19°	–	5 h	14
Dalian	86	17°	19°	7 h	6
Lanzhou	74	17°	–	5 h	7
Shenyang	76	16°	–	7 h	6
Ürümqi	76	14°	–	8 h	4
Hohhot	70	14°	–	7 h	5
Lhasa	63	14°	–	9 h	12
Changchun	64	13°	–	7 h	6
Shangri-La City	34	13°	–	4 h	15
Ulanqab	63	12°	–	8 h	5
Harbin	56	12°	–	6 h	6

China in October: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in October are Dongguan (29 °C), Xiamen (28 °C) and Zhuhai (28 °C).

China in October: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Sanya (28 °C), Zhuhai (27 °C) and Shenzhen (27 °C).

China in October: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in October – warm, sunny and dry – is in Kashgar, Beijing and Qingdao.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences