Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in East London: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In September its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as East London, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks joint 83rd of 95 for the warmest September highs and 87th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; East London is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 77 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September, selected | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 14.314 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
- Mdantsane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Bhisho in SeptemberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Qonce in SeptemberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Grahamstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Queenstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Mthatha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Motherwell in SeptemberSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Gqeberha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.