Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 6th 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 Zhongshu: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In September its highs average 24.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 723rd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 639th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zhongshu is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 65 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September, selected | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in SeptemberChina · 35 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in SeptemberChina · 102 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Qujing in SeptemberChina · 108 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Kunming in SeptemberChina · 121 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Haikou, China in SeptemberChina · 124 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Yuxi in SeptemberChina · 125 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Majie in SeptemberChina · 128 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Xingyi in SeptemberChina · 132 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 133 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.