Climate averages 1991–2020

Florianópolis weather
in September.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.0°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 132 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Florianópolis · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Florianópolis: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil (8 km away). In September its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Florianópolis, with 149 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Florianópolis ranks joint 424th of 448 for the warmest September highs and joint 383rd of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; Florianópolis is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 122 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Florianópolis climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Florianópolis, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.3°C22.3°C22.3°C18118.913.714 h
February 27.4°C22.5°C22.5°C16117.313.113 h
March 26.5°C21.6°C21.6°C12517.212.312 h
April 24.9°C19.6°C19.6°C8410.411.511 h
May 22.0°C16.7°C16.7°C11010.210.811 h
June 20.3°C14.7°C14.7°C948.910.410 h
July 19.4°C13.5°C13.5°C849.010.611 h
August 20.2°C14.3°C14.3°C868.811.111 h
September, selected 21.0°C15.8°C15.8°C13212.411.912 h
October 22.7°C17.7°C17.7°C12213.712.713 h
November 24.3°C19.1°C19.1°C11614.013.513 h
December 26.4°C21.1°C21.1°C12615.013.814 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

Distance from Florianópolis

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Florianópolis) is explained once on the Florianópolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.