Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanshui weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sanshui: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foshan (28 km away). In September its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Sanshui, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanshui ranks joint 21st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 773rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Sanshui is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 61 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
Sanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 9.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 221 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 306 | 21.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 353 | 23.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 243 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 264 | 22.1 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 165 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 61 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 40 | 5.1 | 10.711 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
- Foshan in SeptemberChina · 28 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Guangzhou in SeptemberChina · 37 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Shaping in SeptemberChina · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Zhaoqing in SeptemberChina · 46 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Daliang in SeptemberChina · 51 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Shiqiao in SeptemberChina · 53 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 177 mm rain
- Dasha in SeptemberChina · 56 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Lubu in SeptemberChina · 62 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 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 Sanshui) is explained once on the Sanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.