Climate averages 1991–2020
Balsas weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Balsas: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grajaú (191 km away). In September its highs average 34.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Balsas, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Balsas ranks 9th of 448 for the warmest September highs and 42nd of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; Balsas is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.6 mm to 55 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
Balsas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 183 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 178 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 110 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September, selected | 35.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 55 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 157 | 19.4 | 12.613 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
- Grajaú in SeptemberBrazil · 191 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in SeptemberBrazil · 242 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Araguaína in SeptemberBrazil · 242 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Imperatriz in SeptemberBrazil · 275 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Açailândia in SeptemberBrazil · 330 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Palmas in SeptemberBrazil · 386 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Bacabal in SeptemberBrazil · 392 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Codó in SeptemberBrazil · 417 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 6.2 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 Balsas) is explained once on the Balsas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.