Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunshine Coast weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Sunshine Coast: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caloundra (17 km away). In September its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Sunshine Coast, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sunshine Coast ranks 9th of 32 for the warmest September highs and joint 11th of 32 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 32 cities is 20.0°C; Sunshine Coast is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 80 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
Sunshine Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 123 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 150 | 15.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 122 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 77 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 62 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| July | 19.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 43 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| September, selected | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 80 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 13.814 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
- Caloundra in SeptemberAustralia · 17 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Brisbane in SeptemberAustralia · 90 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Logan City in SeptemberAustralia · 109 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Toowoomba in SeptemberAustralia · 150 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Gold Coast in SeptemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Bundaberg in SeptemberAustralia · 212 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in SeptemberAustralia · 405 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Rockhampton in SeptemberAustralia · 447 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 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 Sunshine Coast) is explained once on the Sunshine Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Caloundra lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.