Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in September.
A warm, 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 Zigong: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In September its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 625th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Zigong is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 67 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.310 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
- Neijiang in SeptemberChina · 39 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Nanxi in SeptemberChina · 59 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Fuji, China in SeptemberChina · 62 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Yibin in SeptemberChina · 66 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Luocheng in SeptemberChina · 73 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Baixi in SeptemberChina · 75 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Changyuan in SeptemberChina · 79 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Luzhou in SeptemberChina · 81 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 125 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.