Climate averages 1991–2020
Mingguang weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mingguang: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bengbu (59 km away). In September its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Mingguang, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mingguang ranks joint 340th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 469th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Mingguang is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 49 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
Mingguang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 97 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 9.8 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 223 | 15.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 174 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| September, selected | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 27 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Bengbu in SeptemberChina · 59 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Chuzhou in SeptemberChina · 60 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Huainan in SeptemberChina · 92 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Nanjing in SeptemberChina · 111 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Qiuji in SeptemberChina · 113 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Hefei in SeptemberChina · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Suicheng in SeptemberChina · 124 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in SeptemberChina · 126 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 85 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 Mingguang) is explained once on the Mingguang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.