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Beijing in September

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Beijing is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Beijing is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
12h 22mon average

Is September a good time to visit Beijing?

A good month, just outside Beijing's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in September, against 38°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in September, against 3°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in September, against 4% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in September, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

12h 22m in September, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with September shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. August90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. September83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. October72°22°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Beijing sits, in September

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
5:54 AMsets 6:25 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai1068 km south-east

The land around Beijing, shaded by its typical high in September, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in September

high · low · wet days
See September on the planning mapThe whole year in Beijing

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beijing. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.