Port Moody weather in September

In September, Port Moody sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 142 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Port Moody's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Port Moody's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 142 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:55 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Port Moody is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,063/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1859

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 ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical September day in Port Moody reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C cooler than August and about 6°C warmer 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)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

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

How September really feels in Port Moody

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.

Port Moody weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / 1°	343	19.6	8.4	8.5	0.1
Feb	7° / 1°	209	15.7	7	9.8	0.6
Mar	9° / 2°	281	19.9	7.4	11.5	1.4
Apr	13° / 4°	198	17.4	1.8	13.4	2.8
May	17° / 7°	134	13.2	0.3	15.1	4.8
Jun	19° / 10°	108	12.5	0	15.9	5.6
Jul	22° / 12°	60	7.8	0	15.6	7.2
Aug	22° / 12°	84	8.1	0	14.2	7.2
Sep	19° / 10°	142	11.2	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	13° / 6°	271	16.8	0.2	10.5	3.1
Nov	8° / 3°	380	20.3	4.9	8.9	0.9
Dec	5° / 1°	329	19.5	10.2	8.1	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	54	55	55	55	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	48
Cloudier (%)	46	45	45	45	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	50	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	51	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Port Moody gets around 142 mm of rain over 11.2 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 38% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	40

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 84% 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 (%)	75	75	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	96
Comfortable (%)	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September.

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 5:45 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)	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:15	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:47	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:32	6:50
2	13.2	5:34	6:47
3	13.2	5:35	6:45
4	13.1	5:37	6:43
5	13.0	5:38	6:41
6	13.0	5:40	6:39
7	12.9	5:41	6:36
8	12.9	5:43	6:34
9	12.8	5:44	6:32
10	12.7	5:46	6:30
11	12.7	5:47	6:28
12	12.6	5:49	6:25
13	12.5	5:50	6:23
14	12.5	5:52	6:21
15	12.4	5:53	6:19
16	12.4	5:55	6:16
17	12.3	5:56	6:14
18	12.2	5:58	6:12
19	12.2	5:59	6:10
20	12.1	6:01	6:07
21	12.0	6:02	6:05
22	12.0	6:04	6:03
23	11.9	6:05	6:01
24	11.9	6:07	5:58
25	11.8	6:08	5:56
26	11.7	6:10	5:54
27	11.7	6:11	5:52
28	11.6	6:13	5:50
29	11.5	6:15	5:47
30	11.5	6:16	5:45

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 3.8 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)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Port Moody

In seasonPeak

None of Port Moody's seasonal hazards are active in September. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Port Moody's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Port Moody?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Port Moody for sightseeing.

What to pack for Port Moody in September

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

In September, Port Moody sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Port Moody in September

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in January near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	8	10	12	14	16	16	14	11	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Port Moody in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Port Moody peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	7	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Port Moody?

Port Moody sits at 49.3°N, 122.8°W, 44 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Coquitlam Town Centre, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Port Moody

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Port Moody has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,542 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,632 m.

The land around Port Moody is covered by trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

432 m

trees 55%

16 km

1,542 m

trees 55%

80 km

2,632 m

trees 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

September weather nearby: Coquitlam Town Centre 2.0 km · Central Coquitlam 3.0 km · Coquitlam 3.0 km · Westwood Plateau 3.0 km · Port Coquitlam 4.0 km · Coquitlam West 5.0 km · Cariboo 5.0 km · Maillardville 6.0 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; 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 Port Moody (49.2812°, -122.8246°, elevation 44 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	89	11
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4