Climate averages 1991–2020
Shixing weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Shixing: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (30 km away). In September its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Shixing, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shixing ranks joint 21st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 690th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Shixing is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 54 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
Shixing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 154 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 206 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 272 | 20.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 294 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 179 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 32.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 217 | 20.6 | 13.013 h |
| September, selected | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 128 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 6.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 16.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiongzhou in SeptemberChina · 30 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Shaoguan in SeptemberChina · 51 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Maba in SeptemberChina · 56 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 137 mm rain
- Lecheng in SeptemberChina · 75 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Ganzhou in SeptemberChina · 133 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Chenzhou in SeptemberChina · 140 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Heyuan in SeptemberChina · 149 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Lianzhou in SeptemberChina · 172 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 90 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 Shixing) is explained once on the Shixing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.