Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th 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 Upington: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very 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 Kimberley (344 km away). In September its highs average 26.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Upington, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks joint 8th of 95 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 95 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 95 cities is 24.3°C; Upington is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 14 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September, selected | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 13.914 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
- Kimberley in SeptemberSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in SeptemberSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in SeptemberSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mafikeng in SeptemberSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in SeptemberSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Welkom in SeptemberSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Bothaville in SeptemberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Botshabelo in SeptemberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 16 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.