Climate averages 1991–2020
Xuchang weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Xuchang: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Yuzhou (39 km away). In September its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Xuchang, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuchang ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 402nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Xuchang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 43 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
Xuchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 32 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 40 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 61 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 98 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 185 | 13.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 144 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September, selected | 26.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 82 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 34 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 12 | 2.7 | 9.910 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
- Yuzhou in SeptemberChina · 39 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Luohe in SeptemberChina · 53 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in SeptemberChina · 61 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in SeptemberChina · 83 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Zhoukou in SeptemberChina · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Kaifeng in SeptemberChina · 95 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Fangcheng in SeptemberChina · 117 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Zhumadian in SeptemberChina · 118 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 84 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 Xuchang) is explained once on the Xuchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.