Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bela Bela: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (58 km away). In September its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 6th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Bela Bela is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 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
Bela Bela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 78 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| September, selected | 28.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 114 | 14.4 | 13.614 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
- Hammanskraal in SeptemberSouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Soshanguve in SeptemberSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Somaroboro in SeptemberSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Pretoria in SeptemberSouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Brits in SeptemberSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Mokopane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Centurion in SeptemberSouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 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 Bela Bela) is explained once on the Bela Bela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.