Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry 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 Matola (74 km away). In September its highs average 26.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest September highs and joint 17th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Ressano Garcia is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 36 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September, selected | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in SeptemberMozambique · 74 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Maputo in SeptemberMozambique · 83 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Mbombela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Mbabane in SeptemberEswatini · 130 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Manzini in SeptemberEswatini · 133 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in SeptemberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Chibuto in SeptemberMozambique · 176 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.