Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Putian: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Putian, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 151st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 758th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Putian is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 52 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September, selected | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in SeptemberChina · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Fuzhou in SeptemberChina · 75 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Ximeicun in SeptemberChina · 80 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Jinjiang in SeptemberChina · 82 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Xiamen in SeptemberChina · 142 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Ningde in SeptemberChina · 145 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Nanping in SeptemberChina · 158 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Sanming in SeptemberChina · 166 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 103 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.