Climate averages 1991–2020

Nanchong weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 20.2°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 138 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Nanchong: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Suining (58 km away). In September its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Nanchong, with 115 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchong ranks joint 418th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 720th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Nanchong is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 98 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. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Nanchong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nanchong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.5°C3.9°C3.9°C256.410.410 h
February 12.9°C5.8°C5.8°C297.211.111 h
March 17.2°C9.2°C9.2°C5510.812.012 h
April 22.4°C13.8°C13.8°C9612.012.913 h
May 25.9°C17.7°C17.7°C13513.113.714 h
June 28.5°C21.2°C21.2°C18414.114.114 h
July 31.2°C24.2°C24.2°C21616.813.914 h
August 31.3°C24.0°C24.0°C17414.413.313 h
September, selected 26.5°C20.2°C20.2°C13813.312.412 h
October 21.0°C15.3°C15.3°C9814.211.411 h
November 16.6°C10.6°C10.6°C579.410.611 h
December 11.6°C5.7°C5.7°C306.910.210 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

Distance from Nanchong

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