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Lijiang in September

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Lijiang is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Lijiang is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 87% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is September a good time to visit Lijiang?

A good month, just outside Lijiang's best months, which run from April to May.

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 72°F in September, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in September, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

87% of days in September, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in September, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in September, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m 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. August75°24°low 57°low 14°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. September72°22°low 54°low 12°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. October69°21°low 50°low 10°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in September

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
7:04 AMsets 7:25 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, 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 Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m). 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.