Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou 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 Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In September its highs average 27.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Thohoyandou, with 9.7 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest September highs and joint 71st of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Thohoyandou is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September, selected | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in SeptemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Polokwane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Mokopane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Mbombela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Bela Bela in SeptemberSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Somaroboro in SeptemberSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in SeptemberMozambique · 317 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 20 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.