Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in September.
A cool, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cool month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In September its highs average 19.4°C, 9.8°C warmer than Gengqing, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 729th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Gengqing is 16.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 79 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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September, selected | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 153 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 198 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Kangding in SeptemberChina · 380 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Ya'an in SeptemberChina · 468 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in SeptemberChina · 520 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in SeptemberChina · 537 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Chengdu in SeptemberChina · 537 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Meishan in SeptemberChina · 539 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 120 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.