Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in September.
A mild, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In September its highs average 18.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks joint 877th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 665th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Qiaotou is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Qiaotou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.7°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 8.7 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 16.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 100 | 16.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 112 | 17.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 18.8 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 122 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 10.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 4.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | -0.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xining in SeptemberChina · 35 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Nianbo in SeptemberChina · 83 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Wuwei in SeptemberChina · 139 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in SeptemberChina · 161 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Jinchang in SeptemberChina · 180 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in SeptemberChina · 202 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Lanzhou in SeptemberChina · 217 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Baiyin in SeptemberChina · 227 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 54 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 Qiaotou) is explained once on the Qiaotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.