Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in September.
A warm, 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 warm month in Sochi: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In September its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Sochi, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks joint 11th of 236 for the warmest September highs and 236th of 236 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 236 cities is 16.4°C; Sochi is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 134 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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September, selected | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 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
- Adler in SeptemberRussia · 25 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Maykop in SeptemberRussia · 116 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Krasnodar in SeptemberRussia · 172 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Armavir in SeptemberRussia · 191 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Cherkessk in SeptemberRussia · 199 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in SeptemberRussia · 201 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in SeptemberRussia · 211 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Kropotkin in SeptemberRussia · 215 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 55 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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.