Griffith weather in September

In September, Griffith sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 36 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Griffith's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Griffith's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 36 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:16 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Griffith is city in New South Wales, Australia.

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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical September day in Griffith reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°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)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

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

How September really feels in Griffith

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.

Griffith weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	30	4.1	14	4.0
Feb	32° / 18°	33	3.8	13.3	4.8
Mar	29° / 15°	28	3	12.3	6.9
Apr	24° / 11°	23	3.6	11.2	8.2
May	19° / 7°	28	4.5	10.2	7.0
Jun	16° / 6°	39	6.1	9.8	5.2
Jul	15° / 5°	32	6.4	9.9	4.8
Aug	16° / 5°	30	5.7	10.7	5.8
Sep	20° / 7°	36	5	11.8	7.3
Oct	24° / 10°	36	5.2	12.9	7.9
Nov	28° / 14°	35	5.5	13.8	6.8
Dec	31° / 16°	35	4.5	14.2	5.3

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	61	62	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	68	68
Cloudier (%)	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	38	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Griffith gets around 36 mm of rain over 5 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 17% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17

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

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 97% 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 (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 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 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:14 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)	11.2	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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:38	6:53
2	11.3	7:37	6:54
3	11.3	7:35	6:54
4	11.4	7:34	6:55
5	11.4	7:32	6:56
6	11.4	7:31	6:57
7	11.5	7:30	6:57
8	11.5	7:28	6:58
9	11.5	7:27	6:59
10	11.6	7:25	6:59
11	11.6	7:24	7:00
12	11.6	7:22	7:01
13	11.7	7:21	7:02
14	11.7	7:19	7:02
15	11.8	7:18	7:03
16	11.8	7:16	7:04
17	11.8	7:15	7:05
18	11.9	7:13	7:05
19	11.9	7:12	7:06
20	11.9	7:11	7:07
21	12.0	7:09	7:07
22	12.0	7:08	7:08
23	12.0	7:06	7:09
24	12.1	7:05	7:10
25	12.1	7:03	7:10
26	12.2	7:02	7:11
27	12.2	7:00	7:12
28	12.2	6:59	7:13
29	12.3	6:57	7:13
30	12.3	6:56	7:14

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 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in January 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	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	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	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Griffith?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Griffith in September

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

In September, Griffith sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Griffith in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Griffith peaks around December 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	9	6	3	2	3	4	6	9	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Griffith?

Griffith sits at 34.3°S, 146.1°E, 128 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Wodonga, 218 km away.

Topography around Griffith

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Griffith has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m.

The land around Griffith is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), grassland (34%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

trees 36%

16 km

148 m

cropland 43%

80 km

419 m

cropland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

September weather nearby: Wodonga 218 km · Wangaratta 231 km · Echuca 237 km · Shepparton 240 km · Canberra 302 km · Tuggeranong 303 km · Orange 303 km · Bendigo 318 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 Griffith (-34.2885°, 146.0509°, elevation 128 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	21	7
19	21	7
20	21	7
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6