Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In September its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 14th of 236 for the warmest September highs and joint 208th of 236 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 236 cities is 16.4°C; Makhachkala is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 49 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September, selected | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in SeptemberRussia · 16 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in SeptemberRussia · 80 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Derbent in SeptemberRussia · 120 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Grozny in SeptemberRussia · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Sunzha in SeptemberRussia · 202 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Nazran in SeptemberRussia · 223 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in SeptemberRussia · 230 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Mingachevir in SeptemberAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 53 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.