Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Zhanjiang, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks joint 53rd of 884 for the warmest September highs and 812th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zhanjiang is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 75 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in SeptemberChina · 46 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Lianjiang in SeptemberChina · 47 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Huazhou in SeptemberChina · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 188 mm rain
- Maoming in SeptemberChina · 73 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Shankou in SeptemberChina · 80 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Gaozhou in SeptemberChina · 90 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in SeptemberChina · 91 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 181 mm rain
- Gongguan in SeptemberChina · 103 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 188 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.