Climate averages 1991–2020

Qinhuangdao weather
in September.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.4°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 51 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qinhuangdao · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Qinhuangdao: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shanhaiguan (16 km away). In September its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Qinhuangdao, with 45 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qinhuangdao ranks joint 624th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 80th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Qinhuangdao is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 36 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. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Qinhuangdao climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qinhuangdao, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.1°C-8.3°C-8.3°C3.41.09.710 h
February 3.3°C-5.7°C-5.7°C6.21.510.711 h
March 8.9°C-1.3°C-1.3°C132.611.912 h
April 16.1°C5.3°C5.3°C315.313.213 h
May 22.4°C12.3°C12.3°C496.414.414 h
June 26.2°C18.1°C18.1°C979.615.015 h
July 28.5°C22.1°C22.1°C18413.114.715 h
August 28.1°C21.6°C21.6°C16412.713.714 h
September, selected 24.4°C16.4°C16.4°C517.112.512 h
October 17.6°C8.8°C8.8°C364.811.211 h
November 8.4°C0.4°C0.4°C152.810.010 h
December 1.8°C-5.6°C-5.6°C4.71.59.49 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

Distance from Qinhuangdao

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