Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela 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 Mbombela: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 55 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In September its highs average 23.1°C, 3.2°C cooler than Mbombela, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks 21st of 95 for the warmest September highs and 68th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Mbombela is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 71 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September, selected | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 13.714 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
- Mbabane in SeptemberEswatini · 95 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in SeptemberMozambique · 103 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Manzini in SeptemberEswatini · 121 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Ermelo in SeptemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Middelburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Matola in SeptemberMozambique · 159 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Maputo in SeptemberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Piet Retief in SeptemberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.