Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In September its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 4th of 46 for the warmest September highs and 18th of 46 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Maicao is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 153 mm to 184 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 11.511 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
- Riohacha in SeptemberColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 165 mm rain
- La Concepción in SeptemberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Maracaibo in SeptemberVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in SeptemberVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 164 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in SeptemberVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in SeptemberVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Cabimas in SeptemberVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Valledupar in SeptemberColombia · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 207 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.