Climate averages 1991–2020

Xianyang weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 16.1°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 144 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Xianyang: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (23 km away). In September its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Xianyang, with 133 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianyang ranks joint 621st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 740th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Xianyang is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 86 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. -10-505101520253035 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Xianyang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xianyang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.1°C-3.6°C-3.6°C133.310.110 h
February 9.7°C-1.0°C-1.0°C194.110.911 h
March 15.3°C3.8°C3.8°C346.411.912 h
April 21.7°C9.4°C9.4°C467.013.013 h
May 26.1°C14.3°C14.3°C748.213.914 h
June 30.0°C19.0°C19.0°C1017.714.414 h
July 31.1°C21.7°C21.7°C16110.414.214 h
August 29.7°C20.9°C20.9°C13810.813.413 h
September, selected 24.5°C16.1°C16.1°C14412.312.412 h
October 19.1°C10.1°C10.1°C8610.411.411 h
November 13.2°C3.4°C3.4°C396.910.410 h
December 7.6°C-2.2°C-2.2°C133.19.910 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 Xianyang

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