Climate averages 1991–2020

Beidao weather
in September.

A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 21.9°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.0°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 115 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a mild month in Beidao: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianshui (14 km away). In September its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Beidao, with 116 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Beidao ranks joint 752nd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 630th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Beidao is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 75 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. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Beidao climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Beidao, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.5°C-4.9°C-4.9°C124.410.110 h
February 6.9°C-2.3°C-2.3°C175.310.911 h
March 12.6°C2.1°C2.1°C318.111.912 h
April 18.6°C7.3°C7.3°C488.113.013 h
May 22.6°C11.8°C11.8°C749.913.914 h
June 26.3°C16.1°C16.1°C889.014.414 h
July 28.1°C18.8°C18.8°C11511.214.214 h
August 27.0°C18.1°C18.1°C11611.013.413 h
September, selected 21.9°C14.0°C14.0°C11512.612.412 h
October 16.5°C8.3°C8.3°C7511.611.311 h
November 10.5°C2.1°C2.1°C286.610.410 h
December 4.9°C-3.4°C-3.4°C113.69.910 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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 Beidao

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 Beidao) is explained once on the Beidao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.