Chengdu Weather in September
Chengdu in September
The short of it: Chengdu in September averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 19 °C (67 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 19° · rain 118 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Chengdu an average September high of 26°, a low of 19° and some 118 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against August, to near 26°; nights run about 19°. Wet spells are common — about 118 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-September, 57 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates September 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Chengdu runs cooler than most and drier than most in September. Tianpeng, 38 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
September in Chengdu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 4° colder, 93 mm less rain
- Versus October
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TianpengSichuan | 38 km NNW | 26° | 18° | 134 mm |
| DeyangSichuan | 60 km NNE | 26° | 19° | 144 mm |
| LinqiongSichuan | 64 km WSW | 27° | 19° | 163 mm |
| MeishanSichuan | 73 km SSW | 26° | 20° | 157 mm |
| Mianzhu, Deyang, SichuanSichuan | 76 km N | 26° | 18° | 147 mm |
| LuojiangSichuan | 82 km NNE | 26° | 19° | 153 mm |
| ZiyangSichuan | 82 km SE | 26° | 20° | 131 mm |
| MianyangSichuan | 107 km NNE | 26° | 19° | 159 mm |