Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in September.
A cool, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cool month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In September its highs average 14.3°C, 3.0°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 66 mm of rain.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 117 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
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September, selected | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 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
- Aberdeen in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Bergen in SeptemberNorway · 671 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Glasgow in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Paisley in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Edinburgh in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 59 mm rain
- East Kilbride in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Stavanger in SeptemberNorway · 762 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 201 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 Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.