Climate averages 1991–2020
Changde weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Changde: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinshi (66 km away). In September its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Changde, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changde ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 446th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Changde is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Changde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 67 | 9.9 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 79 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 132 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 150 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 181 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 236 | 15.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 226 | 15.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 140 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 86 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 71 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 10.310 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
- Jinshi in SeptemberChina · 66 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Heshan in SeptemberChina · 82 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Xiulin in SeptemberChina · 102 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in SeptemberChina · 119 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Yueyang in SeptemberChina · 141 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Zhicheng in SeptemberChina · 142 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Loudi in SeptemberChina · 147 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Shaoshan in SeptemberChina · 148 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changde) is explained once on the Changde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.