Climate averages 1991–2020
Yichang weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Yichang: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhicheng (51 km away). In September its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Yichang, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yichang ranks joint 390th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 570th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Yichang is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 81 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
Yichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 31 | 6.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 126 | 12.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 191 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 230 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 161 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| September, selected | 26.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 55 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 10.210 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
- Zhicheng in SeptemberChina · 51 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Zhijiang in SeptemberChina · 55 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Jingmen in SeptemberChina · 95 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Jingzhou in SeptemberChina · 96 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Buhe in SeptemberChina · 102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in SeptemberChina · 130 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in SeptemberChina · 134 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Duobao in SeptemberChina · 134 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 90 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 Yichang) is explained once on the Yichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.