Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 59 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 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In September its highs average 27.7°C, 4.7°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks 2nd of 46 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 46 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Cúcuta is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 133 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
Cúcuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 11.712 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
- Rubio in SeptemberVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Táriba in SeptemberVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Ocaña in SeptemberColombia · 101 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Aguachica in SeptemberColombia · 130 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 348 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in SeptemberVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 326 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in SeptemberVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in SeptemberVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in SeptemberColombia · 176 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 393 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.