Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou 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 Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 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 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuanhua (25 km away). In September its highs average 23.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 715th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 127th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zhangjiakou is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.6°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September, selected | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xuanhua in SeptemberChina · 25 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Changping in SeptemberChina · 131 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Mentougou in SeptemberChina · 140 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Ulanqab in SeptemberChina · 148 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Beichengqu in SeptemberChina · 150 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Datong in SeptemberChina · 154 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Fangshan in SeptemberChina · 155 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Liangxiang in SeptemberChina · 158 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 55 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.