Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Queenstown: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry 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 Bhisho (118 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Queenstown, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks joint 70th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 66th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Queenstown is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 55 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September, selected | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 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
- Bhisho in SeptemberSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Qonce in SeptemberSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Mdantsane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 48 mm rain
- East London in SeptemberSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Grahamstown in SeptemberSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Mthatha in SeptemberSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Motherwell in SeptemberSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Kariega in SeptemberSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.