Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th 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 Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In September its highs average 29.2°C, 3.0°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 37th of 93 for the warmest September highs and 49th of 93 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 93 cities is 25.5°C; Cartagena, Spain is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 36 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 9.610 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
- Murcia in SeptemberSpain · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Torrevieja in SeptemberSpain · 50 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Orihuela in SeptemberSpain · 54 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Lorca in SeptemberSpain · 64 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Elche in SeptemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Alicante in SeptemberSpain · 94 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Benidorm in SeptemberSpain · 128 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Almería in SeptemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.2°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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.