Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th 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 Nicosia: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In September its highs average 31.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Nicosia, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 3 cities is 31.3°C; Nicosia is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 37 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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September, selected | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 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
- Larnaca in SeptemberCyprus · 37 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Limassol in SeptemberCyprus · 62 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Silifke in SeptemberTurkey · 144 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Alanya in SeptemberTurkey · 195 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Mersin in SeptemberTurkey · 216 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Karaman in SeptemberTurkey · 224 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Latakia in SeptemberSyria · 225 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in SeptemberSyria · 233 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 18 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.