Climate averages 1991–2020
Zitong weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Zitong: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the joint 8th 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 Bachuan (42 km away). In September its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Zitong, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zitong ranks joint 310th 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; Zitong is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 92 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
Zitong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 26 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 92 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 121 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 16.6 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 169 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| September, selected | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 121 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 92 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 7.1 | 10.210 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
- Bachuan in SeptemberChina · 42 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 131 mm rain
- Suining in SeptemberChina · 44 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Hechuan in SeptemberChina · 47 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Longgang, China in SeptemberChina · 55 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Longshui in SeptemberChina · 68 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 131 mm rain
- Beibei in SeptemberChina · 70 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Nanchong in SeptemberChina · 73 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Bishan in SeptemberChina · 75 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 111 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 Zitong) is explained once on the Zitong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.