Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpumalanga weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mpumalanga: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pinetown (24 km away). In September its highs average 22.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mpumalanga, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mpumalanga ranks joint 73rd of 95 for the warmest September highs and 88th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Mpumalanga is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 88 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
Mpumalanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 88 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| September, selected | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 101 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 102 | 15.5 | 14.014 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
- Pinetown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in SeptemberSouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Durban in SeptemberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 60 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in SeptemberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Ladysmith in SeptemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Richards Bay in SeptemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 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 Mpumalanga) is explained once on the Mpumalanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.