Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th 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 hot month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In September its highs average 25.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Mokopane, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 3rd of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 3rd of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Mokopane is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 38 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September, selected | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 13.614 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
- Polokwane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Bela Bela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Somaroboro in SeptemberSouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in SeptemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in SeptemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Soshanguve in SeptemberSouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Middelburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Emalahleni in SeptemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 20 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.