Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaba Nchu weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd 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 Thaba Nchu: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (13 km away). In September its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Thaba Nchu, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thaba Nchu ranks joint 68th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 24th of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Thaba Nchu is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 53 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
Thaba Nchu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 15.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September, selected | 23.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 11.6 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in SeptemberSouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in SeptemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Maseru in SeptemberLesotho · 64 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Virginia in SeptemberSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Welkom in SeptemberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in SeptemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kutloanong in SeptemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kroonstad in SeptemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 14 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 Thaba Nchu) is explained once on the Thaba Nchu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Botshabelo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.