Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanping weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Nanping: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th 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 Sanming (71 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Nanping, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanping ranks 1st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 546th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Nanping is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 51 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
Nanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 81 | 11.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 155 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 174 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 271 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 123 | 13.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 31.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.511 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
- Sanming in SeptemberChina · 71 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Shaowu in SeptemberChina · 103 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Wuyishan in SeptemberChina · 125 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Fuzhou in SeptemberChina · 130 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Ningde in SeptemberChina · 134 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Fu’an in SeptemberChina · 154 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Putian in SeptemberChina · 158 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Qincheng in SeptemberChina · 175 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 87 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 Nanping) is explained once on the Nanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.