Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuwei weather
in September.
A mild, fairly dry 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 mild month in Wuwei: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a fairly dry 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 Jinchang (74 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Wuwei, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuwei ranks joint 774th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 43rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Wuwei is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 14 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
Wuwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.6°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.1 | 0.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 4.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 43 | 6.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 37 | 8.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.610 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
- Jinchang in SeptemberChina · 74 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Qiaotou in SeptemberChina · 139 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Nianbo in SeptemberChina · 162 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Xining in SeptemberChina · 164 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Baiyin in SeptemberChina · 205 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Zhangye in SeptemberChina · 220 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Zhongwei in SeptemberChina · 230 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Lanzhou in SeptemberChina · 234 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 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 Wuwei) is explained once on the Wuwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.