Climate averages 1991–2020

Gouda weather
in September.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.4°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 12.0°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 67 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gouda · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Gouda: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Alphen aan den Rijn (13 km away). In September its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Gouda, with 81 mm of rain.

Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Gouda ranks joint 22nd of 44 for the warmest September highs and joint 23rd of 44 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 44 cities is 18.4°C; Gouda is level with that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 65 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gouda climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gouda, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.9°C1.6°C1.6°C6312.58.38 h
February 6.7°C1.4°C1.4°C5410.99.910 h
March 9.7°C3.2°C3.2°C5511.311.812 h
April 13.5°C5.6°C5.6°C5211.213.914 h
May 16.9°C9.3°C9.3°C6511.815.716 h
June 19.5°C12.1°C12.1°C7011.716.617 h
July 21.6°C14.4°C14.4°C8613.516.216 h
August 21.5°C14.4°C14.4°C8213.014.715 h
September, selected 18.4°C12.0°C12.0°C6711.712.713 h
October 14.2°C8.7°C8.7°C6512.010.711 h
November 9.6°C5.1°C5.1°C6312.48.99 h
December 6.4°C2.3°C2.3°C7012.87.88 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

Distance from Gouda

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gouda) is explained once on the Gouda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.