Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangzhi weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Shangzhi: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchang (73 km away). In September its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Shangzhi, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangzhi ranks joint 808th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 269th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Shangzhi is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.8°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 47 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
Shangzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-22.8°C | -22.8°C | 6.1 | 1.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.1°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 20 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 40 | 7.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 79 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 150 | 15.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 138 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| September, selected | 20.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 70 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 11 | 3.2 | 8.89 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
- Wuchang in SeptemberChina · 73 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Acheng in SeptemberChina · 90 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Shulan in SeptemberChina · 121 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Harbin in SeptemberChina · 122 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in SeptemberChina · 122 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Hailin in SeptemberChina · 130 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in SeptemberChina · 134 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Hulan in SeptemberChina · 135 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 64 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 Shangzhi) is explained once on the Shangzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.