Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Dijon: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In September its highs average 20.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Dijon, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 25th of 57 for the warmest September highs and 43rd of 57 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 57 cities is 21.3°C; Dijon is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 89 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September, selected | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in SeptemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Geneva in SeptemberSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Lausanne in SeptemberSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in SeptemberFrance · 172 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Lyon in SeptemberFrance · 174 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Nancy in SeptemberFrance · 176 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Mulhouse in SeptemberFrance · 180 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bern in SeptemberSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 88 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.