Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Sanming: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Nanping (71 km away). In September its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 2nd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 576th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Sanming is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 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
- Nanping in SeptemberChina · 71 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Shaowu in SeptemberChina · 122 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Longyan in SeptemberChina · 144 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Xujiang in SeptemberChina · 145 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Qincheng in SeptemberChina · 152 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Ximeicun in SeptemberChina · 160 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Putian in SeptemberChina · 166 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Fuzhou in SeptemberChina · 170 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 165 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.