Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th 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 Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In September its highs average 18.1°C, 4.1°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks 79th of 95 for the warmest September highs and 62nd of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Oudtshoorn is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 41 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September, selected | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in SeptemberSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in SeptemberSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Kariega in SeptemberSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Paarl in SeptemberSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in SeptemberSouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Motherwell in SeptemberSouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Somerset West in SeptemberSouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 68 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.