Tuggeranong weather in September

In September, Tuggeranong sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Tuggeranong's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tuggeranong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 67 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:05 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical September day in Tuggeranong reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and about 3°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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How September really feels in Tuggeranong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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.

Tuggeranong weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	73	9.9	0	14.1	7.0
Feb	24° / 12°	76	9.5	0	13.3	7.1
Mar	22° / 9°	55	7.8	0	12.3	7.1
Apr	18° / 5°	34	5.1	0	11.1	6.4
May	13° / 2°	34	4.9	0.2	10.2	4.4
Jun	10° / 1°	58	7.3	0.6	9.7	2.4
Jul	9° / 0°	44	7.4	0.8	9.9	2.1
Aug	11° / 0°	57	8.6	1.2	10.7	2.8
Sep	14° / 2°	67	9	0.2	11.8	4.3
Oct	17° / 5°	75	9.4	0.1	12.9	5.8
Nov	20° / 7°	84	10.4	0.1	13.9	6.3
Dec	23° / 10°	81	9.5	0	14.3	7.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Tuggeranong gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 9 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	2
2	28	2
3	29	2
4	29	2
5	29	1
6	29	1
7	29	1
8	29	1
9	29	1
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	31	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	31	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1

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 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	calm	calm	calm

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

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 7:27 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:40 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)	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	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)	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:27	6:40
2	11.3	7:26	6:41
3	11.3	7:24	6:41
4	11.3	7:23	6:42
5	11.4	7:21	6:43
6	11.4	7:20	6:44
7	11.4	7:18	6:45
8	11.5	7:17	6:45
9	11.5	7:15	6:46
10	11.6	7:14	6:47
11	11.6	7:12	6:48
12	11.6	7:11	6:48
13	11.7	7:09	6:49
14	11.7	7:08	6:50
15	11.7	7:06	6:51
16	11.8	7:05	6:51
17	11.8	7:03	6:52
18	11.9	7:02	6:53
19	11.9	7:00	6:54
20	11.9	6:59	6:55
21	12.0	6:57	6:55
22	12.0	6:56	6:56
23	12.0	6:54	6:57
24	12.1	6:53	6:58
25	12.1	6:51	6:58
26	12.2	6:50	6:59
27	12.2	6:48	7:00
28	12.2	6:47	7:01
29	12.3	6:45	7:02
30	12.3	6:44	7:02

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 4.71 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)	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
Level	Moderate	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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Tuggeranong?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Tuggeranong for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tuggeranong in September

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

In September, Tuggeranong sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tuggeranong 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 Tuggeranong 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	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	5	Moderate
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Tuggeranong in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Tuggeranong is worst in December — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.2× the cleanest month (July, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	9	6	7	6	3	3	4	5	5	10	22
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	9	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	3	Good
Jul	3	Good
Aug	4	Good
Sep	5	Good
Oct	5	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tuggeranong?

Tuggeranong sits at 35.4°S, 149.1°E, 579 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Canberra, 16 km away.

Topography around Tuggeranong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuggeranong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 589 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 969 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,815 m.

The land around Tuggeranong is covered by grassland (42%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

185 m

grassland 42%

16 km

969 m

grassland 45%

80 km

1,815 m

trees 55%

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

September weather nearby: Canberra 16 km · Goulburn 95 km · Batemans Bay 105 km · Wollongong city centre 199 km · Wollongong 200 km · Wodonga 212 km · Katoomba 220 km · Blue Mountains 222 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 Tuggeranong (-35.4165°, 149.0695°, elevation 579 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	2
2	28	2
3	29	2
4	29	2
5	29	1
6	29	1
7	29	1
8	29	1
9	29	1
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	31	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	31	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	2
2	28	2
3	29	2
4	29	2
5	29	1
6	29	1
7	29	1
8	29	1
9	29	1
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	31	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	31	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	2
2	28	2
3	29	2
4	29	2
5	29	1
6	29	1
7	29	1
8	29	1
9	29	1
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	31	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	31	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1

	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