Climate averages 1991–2020

Shantou weather
in September.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 24.7°C Night-time mean, September

Rainfall 156 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

September is a hot month in Shantou: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th 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 Chenghua (15 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Shantou, with 151 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shantou ranks joint 127th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 763rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Shantou is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Shantou climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Shantou, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	17.8°C11.9°C	11.9°C	45	6.3	10.911 h
February	18.5°C12.8°C	12.8°C	64	9.7	11.411 h
March	21.0°C15.3°C	15.3°C	79	11.2	12.012 h
April	24.4°C19.0°C	19.0°C	113	11.3	12.713 h
May	27.1°C22.6°C	22.6°C	185	15.9	13.313 h
June	29.1°C25.2°C	25.2°C	239	20.6	13.514 h
July	30.2°C26.0°C	26.0°C	188	17.7	13.413 h
August	30.0°C25.8°C	25.8°C	238	18.7	12.913 h
September, selected	29.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	156	13.3	12.312 h
October	26.9°C21.6°C	21.6°C	56	5.2	11.612 h
November	23.7°C17.8°C	17.8°C	59	5.5	11.011 h
December	19.6°C13.5°C	13.5°C	51	5.8	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

Distance from Shantou

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