Climate averages 1991–2020

Yongzhou weather
in September.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 72 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yongzhou · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Yongzhou: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shaoyang (92 km away). In September its highs average 28.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Yongzhou, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yongzhou ranks joint 143rd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 281st of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Yongzhou is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 76 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. 05101520253035 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Yongzhou climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yongzhou, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.8°C4.4°C4.4°C8012.610.711 h
February 13.4°C6.5°C6.5°C8413.111.211 h
March 17.3°C10.1°C10.1°C14518.612.012 h
April 23.2°C15.4°C15.4°C17117.412.813 h
May 27.0°C19.6°C19.6°C21916.713.413 h
June 29.6°C23.2°C23.2°C25716.813.814 h
July 32.7°C25.6°C25.6°C13011.113.614 h
August 32.5°C25.2°C25.2°C14413.913.113 h
September, selected 29.0°C21.7°C21.7°C729.112.312 h
October 24.3°C16.7°C16.7°C768.511.612 h
November 18.6°C11.3°C11.3°C819.110.911 h
December 13.1°C6.0°C6.0°C578.610.511 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 Yongzhou

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