Climate averages 1991–2020
Ladysmith weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 warm month in Ladysmith: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In September its highs average 24.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks joint 25th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 75th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Ladysmith is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 100 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
Ladysmith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 172 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 143 | 14.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 117 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September, selected | 25.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 100 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 179 | 19.5 | 13.914 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
- Dundee, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in SeptemberSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Vryheid in SeptemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in SeptemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 58 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in SeptemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 59 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 Ladysmith) is explained once on the Ladysmith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.