Climate averages 1991–2020
Paarl weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Paarl: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Stellenbosch (24 km away). In September its highs average 19.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Paarl, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Paarl ranks joint 87th of 95 for the warmest September highs and 95th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Paarl is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 47 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
Paarl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 21 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 57 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 152 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 130 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 110 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| September, selected | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 77 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 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
- Stellenbosch in SeptemberSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Somerset West in SeptemberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Atlantis in SeptemberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Cape Town in SeptemberSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in SeptemberSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in SeptemberSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 27 mm rain
- George in SeptemberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 44 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 Paarl) is explained once on the Paarl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.