Climate averages 1991–2020
Gent weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Gent: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aalst (26 km away). In September its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Gent, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Gent ranks joint 10th of 18 for the warmest September highs and joint 10th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 19.0°C; Gent is level with that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 58 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
Gent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 62 | 11.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 53 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 49 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 12.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 11.2 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.6 | 14.615 h |
| September, selected | 19.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 56 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 62 | 11.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 71 | 12.6 | 8.08 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
- Aalst in SeptemberBelgium · 26 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Brugge in SeptemberBelgium · 39 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Kortrijk in SeptemberBelgium · 40 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Anderlecht in SeptemberBelgium · 48 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Brussels in SeptemberBelgium · 50 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in SeptemberBelgium · 50 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Antwerp in SeptemberBelgium · 51 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Ixelles in SeptemberBelgium · 52 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 54 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 Gent) is explained once on the Gent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.