Broken Hill weather in September

In September, Broken Hill sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 21 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Broken Hill's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Broken Hill's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:04 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 4th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Broken Hill is town in New South Wales, Australia.

Density: 103/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical September day in Broken Hill reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°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)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How September really feels in Broken Hill

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Broken Hill weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	21	2.8	13.9	3.9
Feb	33° / 19°	27	2.6	13.2	4.7
Mar	29° / 16°	14	1.9	12.2	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	11	1.7	11.2	8.6
May	19° / 9°	13	2.6	10.4	7.5
Jun	16° / 6°	15	3.1	10	6.0
Jul	16° / 6°	13	2.8	10.1	6.0
Aug	18° / 7°	14	2.9	10.8	7.2
Sep	22° / 9°	21	3	11.8	8.2
Oct	26° / 12°	18	3.2	12.8	8.3
Nov	29° / 15°	23	3.6	13.6	6.7
Dec	32° / 18°	21	3.2	14.1	5.1

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

	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 (%)	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Broken Hill gets around 21 mm of rain over 3 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in September

Winds average 19 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:02 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)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:25	6:43
2	11.3	7:23	6:44
3	11.4	7:22	6:45
4	11.4	7:21	6:45
5	11.4	7:19	6:46
6	11.5	7:18	6:46
7	11.5	7:17	6:47
8	11.5	7:15	6:48
9	11.6	7:14	6:48
10	11.6	7:13	6:49
11	11.6	7:11	6:50
12	11.7	7:10	6:50
13	11.7	7:08	6:51
14	11.7	7:07	6:51
15	11.8	7:06	6:52
16	11.8	7:04	6:53
17	11.8	7:03	6:53
18	11.9	7:02	6:54
19	11.9	7:00	6:55
20	11.9	6:59	6:55
21	12.0	6:57	6:56
22	12.0	6:56	6:57
23	12.0	6:55	6:57
24	12.1	6:53	6:58
25	12.1	6:52	6:58
26	12.1	6:51	6:59
27	12.2	6:49	7:00
28	12.2	6:48	7:00
29	12.2	6:47	7:01
30	12.3	6:45	7:02

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 5.37 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)	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1
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	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Broken Hill?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Broken Hill for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Broken Hill in September

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

In September, Broken Hill sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

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UV index in Broken Hill in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Broken Hill peaks around December 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	10	6	4	3	3	5	7	9	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Broken Hill?

Broken Hill sits at 32.0°S, 141.5°E, 317 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Mildura, 256 km away.

Topography around Broken Hill

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Broken Hill has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m.

The land around Broken Hill is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

189 m

grassland 79%

80 km

408 m

grassland 97%

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

September weather nearby: Mildura 256 km · Whyalla 383 km · Gawler 386 km · Paralowie 407 km · Parafield Gardens 409 km · Adelaide Hills 415 km · Mount Barker 420 km · Adelaide city centre 422 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Broken Hill (-31.9652°, 141.4512°, elevation 317 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	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	23	9
20	23	9
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	23	10
26	24	10
27	24	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	24	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1