Climate averages 1991–2020

Artux weather
in September.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.0°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 13.4°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 17 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Artux: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (32 km away). In September its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Artux, with 24 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Artux ranks joint 511th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 16th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Artux is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 7.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 8.5 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Artux climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Artux, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.6°C-8.3°C-8.3°C3.11.09.710 h
February 4.6°C-5.4°C-5.4°C7.91.910.711 h
March 13.5°C0.5°C0.5°C112.211.912 h
April 21.8°C7.5°C7.5°C7.71.813.213 h
May 26.5°C12.7°C12.7°C162.414.314 h
June 30.9°C17.1°C17.1°C8.61.914.915 h
July 32.9°C19.8°C19.8°C8.21.314.715 h
August 30.9°C18.7°C18.7°C142.213.714 h
September, selected 26.0°C13.4°C13.4°C172.812.512 h
October 18.5°C6.3°C6.3°C8.51.711.211 h
November 9.4°C-0.1°C-0.1°C4.51.110.010 h
December 1.1°C-6.0°C-6.0°C3.91.19.49 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

September in nearby cities

Distance from Artux

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Artux) is explained once on the Artux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.