Climate averages 1991–2020

Guyuan weather
in September.

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

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

Average high 18.7°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 9.4°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 92 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a mild month in Guyuan: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingliang (64 km away). In September its highs average 20.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Guyuan, with 116 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guyuan ranks joint 858th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 517th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Guyuan is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 56 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. -15-10-5051015202530 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Guyuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Guyuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.3°C-11.1°C-11.1°C7.62.810.010 h
February 3.0°C-7.7°C-7.7°C113.410.911 h
March 8.6°C-3.0°C-3.0°C245.911.912 h
April 15.0°C1.9°C1.9°C357.113.113 h
May 19.5°C7.0°C7.0°C518.014.114 h
June 23.3°C11.7°C11.7°C708.814.615 h
July 24.8°C14.5°C14.5°C11212.114.314 h
August 23.3°C13.8°C13.8°C12512.513.514 h
September, selected 18.7°C9.4°C9.4°C9211.112.412 h
October 13.2°C3.0°C3.0°C569.411.311 h
November 7.0°C-3.5°C-3.5°C164.110.310 h
December 1.5°C-8.7°C-8.7°C4.51.89.810 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 Guyuan

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