Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchuan weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Nanchuan: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (27 km away). In September its highs average 27.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Nanchuan, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchuan ranks joint 464th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 670th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Nanchuan is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 121 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
Nanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 36 | 9.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 134 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 191 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 197 | 18.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 188 | 17.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 123 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 16.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in SeptemberChina · 27 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Gunan in SeptemberChina · 47 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Banan in SeptemberChina · 60 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 67 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Lidu in SeptemberChina · 68 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Fuling in SeptemberChina · 68 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Luohuang in SeptemberChina · 68 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Chongqing in SeptemberChina · 70 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 118 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 Nanchuan) is explained once on the Nanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.