Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in September.
A mild, 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 mild month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th 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 Junlian (123 km away). In September its highs average 25.6°C, 5.5°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 830th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 661st of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zhaotong is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 80 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in SeptemberChina · 123 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Liupanshui in SeptemberChina · 137 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Bijie in SeptemberChina · 155 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Xichang in SeptemberChina · 157 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Xunchang in SeptemberChina · 160 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Shuifu in SeptemberChina · 161 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Baixi in SeptemberChina · 174 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Changning in SeptemberChina · 183 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 140 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.