Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Zhonghe: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In September its highs average 24.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 438th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 665th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zhonghe is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 130 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in SeptemberChina · 49 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Jishou in SeptemberChina · 74 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Fenghuang in SeptemberChina · 83 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in SeptemberChina · 84 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in SeptemberChina · 122 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Hanjia in SeptemberChina · 124 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Huaihua in SeptemberChina · 140 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 154 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 137 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.