Bossembélé weather in September

In September, Bossembélé sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 219 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in September, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high: 29°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 219 mm; 26.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:43 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Bossembélé is human settlement.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical September day in Bossembélé reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How September really feels in Bossembélé

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.

Bossembélé weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	3	0.9	11.7	4.3
Feb	34° / 21°	16	3.2	11.8	3.4
Mar	33° / 22°	72	12.9	12	3.1
Apr	32° / 22°	111	17	12.1	3.4
May	31° / 22°	133	20.4	12.2	3.6
Jun	29° / 21°	135	22	12.3	3.8
Jul	28° / 21°	193	26.4	12.3	3.7
Aug	28° / 21°	237	28.1	12.2	3.5
Sep	29° / 20°	219	26.8	12	3.3
Oct	29° / 21°	190	25.8	11.9	3.4
Nov	31° / 21°	60	10	11.8	4.4
Dec	32° / 19°	6	1.3	11.7	4.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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 (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Bossembélé gets around 219 mm of rain over 26.8 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 89% and peaks near 93% 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 (%)	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84
Oppressive (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16

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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:37 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:46	5:52
2	12.1	5:46	5:52
3	12.1	5:46	5:51
4	12.1	5:45	5:51
5	12.1	5:45	5:50
6	12.1	5:45	5:50
7	12.1	5:45	5:49
8	12.1	5:45	5:49
9	12.1	5:44	5:48
10	12.1	5:44	5:48
11	12.1	5:44	5:47
12	12.0	5:44	5:47
13	12.0	5:44	5:46
14	12.0	5:43	5:46
15	12.0	5:43	5:45
16	12.0	5:43	5:45
17	12.0	5:43	5:44
18	12.0	5:42	5:44
19	12.0	5:42	5:43
20	12.0	5:42	5:42
21	12.0	5:42	5:42
22	12.0	5:42	5:41
23	12.0	5:41	5:41
24	12.0	5:41	5:40
25	12.0	5:41	5:40
26	12.0	5:41	5:39
27	12.0	5:41	5:39
28	12.0	5:40	5:38
29	12.0	5:40	5:38
30	12.0	5:40	5:37

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
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11	5.1	Bright
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13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
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28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Bossembélé

In seasonPeak

In September, Bossembélé sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bossembélé's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Bossembélé?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bossembélé.

What to pack for Bossembélé in September

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

In September, Bossembélé sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bossembélé in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bossembélé peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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)	11	13	14	13	11	10	10	12	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bossembélé 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 Bossembélé is worst in January — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 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)	70	58	38	23	15	17	14	11	10	12	20	58
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	70	Unhealthy
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	23	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bossembélé?

Bossembélé sits at 5.3°N, 17.6°E, 672 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Yaloké, 61 km away.

Topography around Bossembélé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bossembélé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 683 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m.

The land around Bossembélé is covered by shrubs (42%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

shrubs 42%

16 km

146 m

trees 67%

80 km

439 m

trees 75%

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

September weather nearby: Yaloké 61 km · Boali 74 km · Bégoua 133 km · Bossangoa 138 km · Bimbo 141 km · Bangui 142 km · Bobangui 145 km · Zongo 147 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $556; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 20.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 37.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Bossembélé (5.2667°, 17.65°, elevation 672 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	88
18	88
19	88
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16