Climate averages 1991–2020
Ukunda weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Ukunda: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matuga (14 km away). In September its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ukunda, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ukunda ranks joint 12th of 37 for the warmest September highs and joint 27th of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Ukunda is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 84 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
Ukunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 32.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 54 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 134 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 220 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 93 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 74 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| September, selected | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 52 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 84 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 74 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 59 | 14.0 | 12.412 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
- Matuga in SeptemberKenya · 14 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Mombasa in SeptemberKenya · 29 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Jomvu in SeptemberKenya · 34 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Mtwapa in SeptemberKenya · 44 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Kilifi in SeptemberKenya · 80 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Tanga in SeptemberTanzania · 101 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Malindi in SeptemberKenya · 134 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Zanzibar in SeptemberTanzania · 212 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 19 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 Ukunda) is explained once on the Ukunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Matuga lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.