Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mbabane: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In September its highs average 25.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mbabane, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 2 cities is 24.2°C; Mbabane is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 112 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September, selected | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 13.814 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
- Manzini in SeptemberEswatini · 32 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Piet Retief in SeptemberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Mbombela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ermelo in SeptemberSouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in SeptemberMozambique · 130 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Matola in SeptemberMozambique · 138 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Maputo in SeptemberMozambique · 150 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Vryheid in SeptemberSouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.