Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiyuan weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Taiyuan: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhong (27 km away). In September its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Taiyuan, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taiyuan ranks joint 675th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 222nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Taiyuan is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 35 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
Taiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 6.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 55 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 110 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 99 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 23.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Jinzhong in SeptemberChina · 27 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Xinzhou in SeptemberChina · 62 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Yangquan in SeptemberChina · 88 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Yuanping in SeptemberChina · 96 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Jiexiu in SeptemberChina · 110 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Lüliang in SeptemberChina · 131 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Shuozhou in SeptemberChina · 161 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in SeptemberChina · 169 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 53 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 Taiyuan) is explained once on the Taiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.