Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In September its highs average 25.5°C, 5.3°C warmer than Lijiang, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 826th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 877th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Lijiang is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 249 mm to 113 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in SeptemberChina · 124 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in SeptemberChina · 131 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Dali in SeptemberChina · 143 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in SeptemberChina · 160 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in SeptemberChina · 167 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Micheng in SeptemberChina · 172 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 179 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in SeptemberChina · 222 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 183 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.