Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laojunmiao (262 km away). In September its highs average 18.3°C, 9.2°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks joint 256th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Dunhuang is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 9.1°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.5 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Dunhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| September, selected | 27.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.49 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
- Laojunmiao in SeptemberChina · 262 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in SeptemberChina · 309 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Hami in SeptemberChina · 312 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Jiuquan in SeptemberChina · 330 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhangye in SeptemberChina · 513 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Turpan in SeptemberChina · 552 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Jinchang in SeptemberChina · 672 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Qiaotou in SeptemberChina · 706 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 122 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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.