Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Mdantsane (177 km away). In September its highs average 21.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mthatha, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks joint 76th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 84th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Mthatha is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 96 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September, selected | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 48 mm rain
- East London in SeptemberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Queenstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Bhisho in SeptemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Qonce in SeptemberSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in SeptemberSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Pinetown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 60 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.