Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th 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 George: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In September its highs average 19.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than George, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks 93rd of 95 for the warmest September highs and 79th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; George is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 62 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September, selected | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in SeptemberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in SeptemberSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kariega in SeptemberSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Motherwell in SeptemberSouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Gqeberha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Paarl in SeptemberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in SeptemberSouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 68 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.