Climate averages 1991–2020
Mdantsane 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 Mdantsane: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 East London (16 km away). In September its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Mdantsane, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mdantsane ranks 82nd of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 80th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Mdantsane is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 65 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
Mdantsane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 80 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 82 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 38 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September, selected | 21.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 77 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 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
- East London in SeptemberSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Bhisho in SeptemberSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Qonce in SeptemberSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Grahamstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Queenstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Mthatha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Motherwell in SeptemberSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Gqeberha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 231 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 Mdantsane) is explained once on the Mdantsane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.