Climate averages 1991–2020

Shangsi weather
in September.

A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 22.9°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 163 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Shangsi · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Shangsi: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fangchenggang (58 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Shangsi, with 223 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangsi ranks joint 127th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 771st of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Shangsi is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 80 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. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Shangsi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shangsi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.0°C10.5°C10.5°C386.810.911 h
February 19.4°C12.3°C12.3°C285.911.411 h
March 22.9°C15.6°C15.6°C5910.412.012 h
April 27.1°C19.9°C19.9°C8312.912.613 h
May 29.3°C22.9°C22.9°C19719.413.213 h
June 30.5°C24.9°C24.9°C21921.713.513 h
July 30.8°C25.1°C25.1°C22721.813.313 h
August 30.5°C24.5°C24.5°C26523.612.913 h
September, selected 29.2°C22.9°C22.9°C16316.612.312 h
October 26.9°C19.8°C19.8°C809.011.712 h
November 23.2°C15.9°C15.9°C547.811.111 h
December 18.7°C11.6°C11.6°C386.410.811 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

Distance from Shangsi

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