Dunhuang climate

Dunhuang Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dunhuang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 23°C on October 1 to 14°C on October 31, and lows from 10°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunhuang, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

October at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
30°COct 1, 2008
Reanalysis low
-6°COct 27, 1993
Daylight
11 h 47 min to 10 h 31 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
23%
Dew point
-10°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Oct 123°C10°C30°C 20084°C 20041%
Oct 223°C10°C30°C 20163°C 19921%
Oct 322°C9°C26°C 20132°C 19921%
Oct 422°C9°C27°C 20131°C 19921%
Oct 522°C9°C28°C 20002°C 19961%
Oct 621°C8°C28°C 20133°C 20161%
Oct 721°C8°C28°C 20132°C 20070%
Oct 821°C8°C30°C 20141°C 20070%
Oct 920°C7°C26°C 19983°C 20170%
Oct 1020°C7°C29°C 20132°C 20000%
Oct 1120°C7°C24°C 19951°C 20140%
Oct 1220°C7°C25°C 20060°C 20030%
Oct 1319°C6°C26°C 2006-2°C 20030%
Oct 1419°C6°C27°C 2015-1°C 20030%
Oct 1518°C6°C25°C 20020°C 19940%
Oct 1618°C6°C25°C 2016-1°C 19941%
Oct 1718°C5°C26°C 20150°C 19941%
Oct 1818°C5°C24°C 2006-2°C 19941%
Oct 1917°C5°C26°C 2016-1°C 19921%
Oct 2017°C4°C24°C 2010-3°C 19921%
Oct 2117°C4°C22°C 2010-2°C 19921%
Oct 2216°C4°C21°C 2014-2°C 19961%
Oct 2316°C4°C22°C 2014-1°C 20001%
Oct 2416°C3°C24°C 2001-1°C 20001%
Oct 2515°C3°C23°C 2014-2°C 20101%
Oct 2615°C3°C21°C 2014-4°C 19931%
Oct 2715°C3°C21°C 2014-6°C 19931%
Oct 2815°C3°C23°C 1996-3°C 20001%
Oct 2914°C2°C22°C 1996-2°C 20161%
Oct 3014°C2°C19°C 2003-2°C 19941%
Oct 3114°C2°C19°C 2018-3°C 19991%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunhuang, in percent.00.511.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

October 1
sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 7:24 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 6:40 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.