Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Salvador: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In September its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 310th of 448 for the warmest September highs and joint 225th of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; Salvador is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September, selected | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in SeptemberBrazil · 20 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Simões Filho in SeptemberBrazil · 23 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Candeias in SeptemberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in SeptemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in SeptemberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in SeptemberBrazil · 83 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in SeptemberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in SeptemberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 31 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.