Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th 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 Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Sabanalarga, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks 7th of 46 for the warmest September highs and 39th of 46 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Sabanalarga is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 251 mm to 277 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in SeptemberColombia · 36 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Barranquilla in SeptemberColombia · 41 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Cartagena in SeptemberColombia · 68 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Ciénaga in SeptemberColombia · 85 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 309 mm rain
- Santa Marta in SeptemberColombia · 104 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Magangué in SeptemberColombia · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 249 mm rain
- Sincelejo in SeptemberColombia · 156 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Valledupar in SeptemberColombia · 183 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.