Climate averages 1991–2020
Taishan weather
in September.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Taishan: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a very 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 Changsha, China (17 km away). In September its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Taishan, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taishan ranks joint 38th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 856th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Taishan is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 212 mm to 76 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
Taishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 34 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 24.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 138 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 289 | 23.1 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 235 | 22.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 291 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 212 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 76 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Changsha, China in SeptemberChina · 17 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Jiangmen in SeptemberChina · 48 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 210 mm rain
- Encheng in SeptemberChina · 49 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Jing’an in SeptemberChina · 53 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 223 mm rain
- Shaping in SeptemberChina · 61 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Zhongshan in SeptemberChina · 69 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Nantou, China in SeptemberChina · 74 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 195 mm rain
- Macau in SeptemberMacao · 79 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 215 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 Taishan) is explained once on the Taishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.