Climate averages 1991–2020
Polokwane weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 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 warm month in Polokwane: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Mokopane (57 km away). In September its highs average 28.2°C, 2.6°C warmer than Polokwane, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Polokwane ranks joint 28th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 6th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Polokwane is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 46 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
Polokwane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| February | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 88 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 39 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| July | 19.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| August | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September, selected | 25.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 15.9 | 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
- Mokopane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in SeptemberSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in SeptemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bela Bela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Somaroboro in SeptemberSouth Africa · 173 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in SeptemberSouth Africa · 206 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Middelburg in SeptemberSouth Africa · 208 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 18 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 Polokwane) is explained once on the Polokwane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.