Climate averages 1991–2020

Wuyishan 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.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 117 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wuyishan · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Wuyishan: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shaowu (71 km away). In September its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Wuyishan, with 109 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuyishan ranks joint 73rd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 639th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Wuyishan is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 64 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

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

Every month, side by side

Wuyishan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wuyishan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.5°C4.6°C4.6°C9311.710.611 h
February 14.8°C6.6°C6.6°C11013.011.211 h
March 18.1°C9.9°C9.9°C22617.712.012 h
April 23.5°C15.0°C15.0°C24917.812.813 h
May 27.3°C19.4°C19.4°C30518.713.514 h
June 29.5°C22.5°C22.5°C41521.413.914 h
July 33.3°C25.1°C25.1°C19015.613.714 h
August 32.8°C24.9°C24.9°C20318.413.113 h
September, selected 29.8°C21.9°C21.9°C11712.812.312 h
October 25.5°C16.8°C16.8°C647.911.512 h
November 20.0°C11.5°C11.5°C849.810.811 h
December 14.5°C5.9°C5.9°C759.010.410 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 Wuyishan

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