Zapala weather in September

In September, Zapala sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 4.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Zapala's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zapala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:42 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Zapala is city in Argentina.

Density: 70/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1913

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical September day in Zapala reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C warmer than August and about 4°C cooler than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	3

How September really feels in Zapala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Zapala weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	14.4	8.2
Feb	26° / 11°	14	3	0	13.5	8.3
Mar	23° / 8°	20	3	0	12.3	8.3
Apr	17° / 4°	32	4.6	0	11	6.5
May	12° / 2°	45	6.9	0.7	9.9	3.6
Jun	8° / -1°	59	8.8	2.2	9.3	1.5
Jul	8° / -2°	44	6.9	2.7	9.6	1.4
Aug	10° / -1°	33	6.1	1.6	10.5	2.6
Sep	14° / 1°	24	4.7	1	11.7	4.5
Oct	18° / 4°	32	5	0.6	13	6.6
Nov	22° / 7°	19	3.1	0.1	14.1	8.1
Dec	25° / 9°	14	2.6	0	14.7	8.5

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	56	56	57	58	59	59	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	62	62	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	44	44	43	42	41	41	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	38	38	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Zapala gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	17	5
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	16	4
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	2
26	16	2
27	16	2
28	16	2
29	16	2
30	16	2

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 12 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:19
Sunset (PM)	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	8:07	7:13
2	11.2	8:05	7:14
3	11.2	8:03	7:15
4	11.2	8:02	7:16
5	11.3	8:00	7:17
6	11.3	7:59	7:18
7	11.4	7:57	7:19
8	11.4	7:55	7:20
9	11.4	7:54	7:21
10	11.5	7:52	7:22
11	11.5	7:50	7:22
12	11.6	7:49	7:23
13	11.6	7:47	7:24
14	11.7	7:45	7:25
15	11.7	7:44	7:26
16	11.8	7:42	7:27
17	11.8	7:40	7:28
18	11.8	7:39	7:29
19	11.9	7:37	7:30
20	11.9	7:35	7:31
21	12.0	7:34	7:32
22	12.0	7:32	7:33
23	12.1	7:30	7:34
24	12.1	7:29	7:35
25	12.1	7:27	7:36
26	12.2	7:25	7:36
27	12.2	7:24	7:37
28	12.3	7:22	7:38
29	12.3	7:20	7:39
30	12.4	7:19	7:40

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.77 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Zapala?

Our two travel scores rate September for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Zapala for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zapala in September

From September's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In September, Zapala sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Zapala in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zapala peaks around December 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	9	5	3	2	2	3	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Zapala?

Zapala sits at 38.9°S, 70.1°W, 1,019 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cutral-Có, 72 km away.

Topography around Zapala

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Zapala.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zapala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,343 m.

The land around Zapala is covered by grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

grassland 56%

16 km

502 m

grassland 79%

80 km

2,343 m

grassland 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← August Zapala year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Cutral-Có 72 km · Plottier 159 km · Centenario 168 km · Pucon 168 km · Cunco 170 km · Cinco Saltos 174 km · Neuquén 174 km · San Martín de los Andes 178 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Zapala (-38.9006°, -70.0667°, elevation 1,019 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	17	5
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	16	4
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	2
26	16	2
27	16	2
28	16	2
29	16	2
30	16	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	17	5
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	16	4
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	2
26	16	2
27	16	2
28	16	2
29	16	2
30	16	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	19	5
2	19	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	17	5
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	16	4
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	2
26	16	2
27	16	2
28	16	2
29	16	2
30	16	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100