Climate averages 1991–2020
Lishui weather
in September.
A hot, 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 hot month in Lishui: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guli (48 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Lishui, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lishui ranks joint 156th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 583rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Lishui is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 57 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
Lishui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 63 | 9.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 116 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 130 | 14.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 185 | 14.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 292 | 17.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 130 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 147 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 57 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 65 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 53 | 7.4 | 10.410 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
- Guli in SeptemberChina · 48 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Jinhua in SeptemberChina · 76 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Wenzhou in SeptemberChina · 90 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Lanxi (Zhejiang), China in SeptemberChina · 94 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Dongyang in SeptemberChina · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Yiwu in SeptemberChina · 96 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Rui’an in SeptemberChina · 106 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Puyang in SeptemberChina · 111 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 106 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 Lishui) is explained once on the Lishui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.